171104- Flag's Daily Briefing

Our Flag's Daily Briefing
for Saturday, November 4, 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 Washington. For Washington, Governor Inslee was deeply saddened by the death of Chief Warrant Officer Jacob M. Sims, 36, and directed that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff in his memory on Saturday, November 4, 2017. CWO Sims died of injuries he sustained in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan on October 27, 2017.
[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:
... the Iran hostage crisis ...

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On this date, November 4th of 1979, about 500 young Iranian militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. They abducted 90 hostages, including 52 Americans, that they held captive for 444 days - the remainder of Jimmy Carter's presidency.

[Serving up a slice of Americana]
[ ... an American news icon ... ]

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[ On this date in 1916, famed TV newscaster Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) was born in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was a leading correspondent for United Press International during World War II. From 1962 to 1981, he was the anchorman of the CBS Evening News and was widely regarded as America's most trusted journalist. ] - The History Place

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