171208- Flag's Daily Briefing

Reminders from Our Flag
for Friday, December 8, 2017

Across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff.
[Click here to learn more about today's half-staff honorees and verify the latest flag status for every state (courtesy of FlagNotify.com)]


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

[ President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks to Congress on 12/8/1941 =public domain image ]

OTD, December 8, 1941, FDR encourages Congress to declare war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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TODAY'S FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER COMMEMORATION
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Thankfully, on this #NeverForgottenFriday, there are no new fallen combatants to report from the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT - OIF/OEF)
We honor and thank those who died defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.

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In closing, today's 'Slice of Americana' serves up ...
that ... OTD in 1765, the inventor of the Cotton Gin, Eli Whitney, was born in Westboro, MA. The Cotton Gin greatly improved the South's economy by increasing cotton production 24-fold.

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