171101- Flag's Daily Briefing

Our Flag's Daily Briefing
for Wednesday, November 1, 2017

The Beacon of Honor - Awakens Our Flag ... to Inform and Inspire Citizens ...

TODAY'S FLAG STATUS:

Across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff, except in Alaska. Alaska's Governor ordered the U.S. and state flag to be put at half-staff until sunset on Thursday to commemorate Chief Warrant Officer2 Sims who died on October 27th in Logar Province, Afghanistan, when his helicopter crashed. Chief Warrant Officer Two Sims was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
NOTE: In North Carolina, state flags are to be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, November 1st, from sunrise to sunset, in tribute to the Department of Public Safety employee, Wendy Shannon. She passed on Monday evening after suffering multiple injuries while on duty at Pasquotank Correctional Institution on Thursday, October 12th.
[Click here to learn more about today's half-staff honorees and verify the latest flag status for every state (courtesy of FlagNotify.com)]


TODAY'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... Library of Congress opens to the public ...

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On this date, November 1st of 1897, the Library of Congress opened its doors to the public. The Library of Congress (LOC) is our National Library and serves as the official research library for the U.S. Congress. It seems to be the largest library in the world - housing books in more than 450 languages. The LOC's first Librarian of Congress, John Beckley, was paid just $2 per day and had to also serve as the Clerk of the House of Representatives in Congress. The LOC moved to Washington D.C. in 1800 and unfortunately, most of its original collection of books was destroyed when the British set fire to the LOC and White House during the War of 1812. Former President Thomas Jefferson's personal library of more than 6,000 books was then bought to restore the LOC's shelves.

TODAY'S FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER COMMEMORATION
powered by:

Army Spc. Maurice J. Johnson
Died November 1, 2003 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
21, of Levittown, Pa.; assigned to C Company, 501st Signal Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Nov. 1 when his Humvee was hit by an improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq.
[summary courtesy of Military Times' Honor the Fallen website]

We honor and thank Maurice Johnson for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.
GO TO to this article to honor him and learn about his life and family

[Serving up a slice of Americana]
[ ... America's first NHL team ... ]

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[ On this date, November 1st of 1924, the Boston Bruins franchise became the first U.S. team to join the NHL (National Hockey League).]

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