180219M- Reminders from Our Flag

Strengthening Our Future by Honoring Our Past

Reminders from Our Flag
for Monday, February 19, 2018

[Note: Play this patriotic music in the background to enhance the experience]

Across the USA, Our Flag flies at HALF STAFF for the final day of the national half-staff proclamation.

Our Flag flies at half-staff in all 50 states to commemorate the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS shooting. Please, be mindful of and pray for their souls and their mourning families and community. We also ask for guidance to find solutions to our current school violence epidemic.

GO HERE to learn a little bit about each shooting victim.
[CLICK for more half-staff honoree & states flag info (courtesy of FlagNotify.com)]

The Beacon of Honor - Awakens Our Flag to Inform and Inspire Patriotic Citizens
with today's 'Military Monday' memory honoring General George Washington

[ General George Washington = public domain image ]

On this 'Military Monday', we recall ...
the history of Presidents' Day - America's celebration of its first President or all its national leaders?
Presidents' Day started as Washington's Day, and according to Congressional records, it has NOT officially been changed to Presidents' Day. Yet, in the 1980s, national advertisers, who followed what the majority of states had done on their own, renamed and promoted the holiday as Presidents' Day and it has stuck in the minds of Americans ever since.
Washington's Day was first established as a federal holiday to honor America's first and most famous leader by an Act of Congress in 1879. With that in mind, we focus on and celebrate Washington's birthday and his contributions to America. George Washington is the "Father of Our Country." His image lives on, engraved on the first military award of merit for soldiers - the Purple Heart. Interestingly, since 1862, the U.S. Senate reads George Washington's Farewell Address on his birthday as reminder of his unifying force for our new country back then.

And, today's quote providing #MondayMotivation ...
Recalls Washington's love for and belief in the Constitution and the democratic processes and rights it established.

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TODAY'S FALLEN COMBATANT COMMEMORATION
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Thankfully, there are no new fallen combatants to report from the Global War on Terrorism. So far, in 2018, there have been 2 fallen combatants - one each from Iraq and Afghanistan.
[Honor the Fallen - tributes to GWoT combatants by MilitaryTimes.com]
On this 'Military Monday' we take a moment to thank and pray for the safe return of our military service members deployed overseas.

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

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

In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)

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