171219- Reminders from Our Flag

Reminders from Our Flag
for Tuesday, December 19, 2017

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Across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff.
[Note: West Virginia's governor has called for half-staff of WV state flags at state facilities from sunrise to sunset in memory of former Delegate Frank Maxwell of Harrison County]
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The Beacon of Honor - Awakens Our Flag to Inform and Inspire Patriotic Citizens

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On Tuesdays, we try for a 2-fer that makes you Think & Laugh.

Think:
On this date (OTD), Dec. 19, 1732, one of our Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin, first published his Poor Richard's Almanac. This book reflected Franklin's personality and his penchant to show-off his wit and humor. The book, which was printed yearly from 1732 to 1758, eventually sold up to 10,000 copies a year, contained a calendar, weather predictions, humor, poems, sayings, astrological information, and even an occasional math problem to solve.
Here are a few Poor Richard's Almanack (they spelled with old English back then) sayings to will make you think and perhaps laugh:
“Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

“Speak little, do much.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

Laugh:
“If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

Thanks for reviewing today's 'Reminders for Our Flag'
- a service from the Beacon of Honor - Awakens Our Flag program

'Be a good citizen' today by ...
... picking up and disposing of 2 pieces of trash that will help
keep America beautiful !!!

Now, go be a good citizen!!!

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