180326M- Reminders from Our Flag

Reminders from Our Flag
for Monday, March 26, 2018

[We recommend you designate each Friday as #FlagDayFriday - a day to take a moment and be thankful for all America offers by performing a pre-Pledge Tribute. But, if #FlagDayFriday doesn't fit within your morning schedule, you're welcome to GO HERE to perform this week's Pre-Pledge Ceremony on any day of the week.]

Across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff, except in GA and a portion of MO*.

In Georgia, the U.S. and State Flags will fly at half-staff until sunset on March 29th to honor former Governor and U.S. Senator Zell Miller. He was a US Marine veteran who became Georgia's Governor and U.S. Senator.
[*Note: In Missouri, all flags at all State and government offices will be flown at half-staff, in the County of St. Louis from sunrise on March 22 until sunset on March 30, 2018, to commemorate the life of Cloria Brown, a Missouri state legislature Representative, who died while in office.]
[CLICK for more half-staff honoree & states flag info (courtesy of FlagNotify.com)]

Flag Steward - Honors and Awakens Our Flag to Inform and Inspire Patriotic Citizens
with today's 'Military Monday' memory honoring The Peacemakers meeting to end the Civil War

[ "The Peacemakers," by artist George P.A. Healy, depicts the March 1865 meeting of President Lincon with (left to right) General Sherman, General Grant, and Admiral Porter = public domain image ]

On this 'Military Monday', we recall "The Peacemakers" meeting on March 27 & 28 in 1865. President Abraham Lincoln met his two leading Union generals, for the first time all together near Grant's City Point, Virginia headquarters, to make plans to end the Civil War. General Ulysses S. Grant and General William T. Sherman discussed their strategy aboard the president's steamship - commanded by Admiral Porter. Grant was preparing to attack and end a 10-month stalemate with Confederate General Robert E. Lee's forces around Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia - which became known as the Appomattox Campaign. Sherman had scorched much of the South while leading his Union Army in a 'March to the Sea' from Atlanta to the Atlantic and was now moving north to surround the Confederates in the Carolinas. Just 4 weeks after this strategy session, the General Lee surrendered and effectively ended the Civil War.

[ Union General Grant (left) and Confederate General Lee (right) = public domain image ]

And, today's #MilitaryMonday quote ...
... reminds us of the importance of the end of the American Civil and the Reconstruction Era - ensuring the United States of America continued towards fulfilling its promise of 'Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.'

[ Cyclorama painting of the Battle of Gettysburg = educational - fair use ]

Thanks for reviewing today's 'Reminders for Our Flag'
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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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