Reminders from Our Flag
for Monday, April 9, 2018​

Today's Flag Status
Our Flag flies at full staff across the USA, except in South Carolina and Hawaii.

South Carolina's flags are at half-staff to honor Deputy Shannon Dale Hallman, a K-9 officer, of the
Saluda County Sheriff's Office. 
In Hawaii, Our Flag is at half staff to commemorate Senator Daniel K. Akaka and will remain so until his burial day.
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Flag Steward - Honors and Awakens Our Flag to Inform and Inspire Citizens

[ From left to right they are: Cooper, Schirra, Shepard, Grissom, Glenn, Slayton and Carpenter ... NASA image = public domain image ]

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On this date in 1959, America's first astronauts were introduced by NASA.   The "Original Seven" astronauts included 3 Naval aviators, M. Scott Carpenter, Walter M. Schirra Jr., and Alan B. Shepard Jr.; 3 Air Force pilots, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, and Donald K. (Deke) Slayton; and 1 Marine Corps aviator John H. Glenn Jr..  They were all part of NASA's Project Mercury - intent on putting U.S. astronauts into orbit around Earth.  The first astronaut to do so was John Glenn Jr..

​In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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​Thanks for reviewing today's 'Reminders for Our Flag'
- a service from the Flag Steward program

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