Reminders from Our Flag
for Saturday, April 14, 2018
... a Saturday Replay Day ...
for Saturday, April 14, 2018
... a Saturday Replay Day ...
Today's Flag Status
Across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff, except in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Hawaii, and a part of Missouri.
Across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff, except in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Hawaii, and a part of Missouri.
Wisconsin has set its Flags at half-staff today to honor U.S. Army Master Sergeant Dunbar, who was killed in action in Iraq. [see his #NeverForgottenFriday tribute here]
In Massachusetts, the Flags have been called to half-staff until the funeral of Officer Sean Gannon of the Yarmouth Police Department, who was shot and killed in the line of duty, and his K9 wounded, on Thursday, April 12th.
In Hawaii, Our Flag is at half staff to commemorate Senator Daniel K. Akaka and will remain so until his burial day.
*In Missouri, the Flags in Douglas County, Missouri only, are at half-staff to honor former Missouri House of Representative member Mary Lou Sallee until sunset on April 18,.
[CLICK for more info on the half-staff honorees - courtesy of FlagNotify.com)]
In Massachusetts, the Flags have been called to half-staff until the funeral of Officer Sean Gannon of the Yarmouth Police Department, who was shot and killed in the line of duty, and his K9 wounded, on Thursday, April 12th.
In Hawaii, Our Flag is at half staff to commemorate Senator Daniel K. Akaka and will remain so until his burial day.
*In Missouri, the Flags in Douglas County, Missouri only, are at half-staff to honor former Missouri House of Representative member Mary Lou Sallee until sunset on April 18,.
[CLICK for more info on the half-staff honorees - courtesy of FlagNotify.com)]
Flag Steward - Honors and Awakens Our Flag to Inform and Inspire Citizens
of
THIS WEEK'S FALLEN MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS
sourced through:
of
THIS WEEK'S FALLEN MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS
sourced through:
[ Military Line of Duty Deaths for week ending Apr 7th (left to right, top to bottom: US Marine CH-53E crew = Lance Cpl. Taylor J. Conrad, Gunnery Sgt. Derik R Holley, 1st Lt. Samuel D. Phillips and Capt. Samuel A. Schultz // US Air Force Thunderbird Major Stephen Del Bagno // US Army AH-64 crew = Chief Warrant Officer 3 Ryan Connolly and CWO James Casadona = public domain images from USMC, USAF, USA ]
From the week of April 1st to 8th, there are 7 fallen military service members to honor - all involved in aviation training accidents.
Four U.S. Marines died in a helicopter crash on April 3rd in California.
On April 4th, a Thunderbird pilot, of the US Air Force's show team, died when his jet crashed during training in Nevada.
And, on April 6th, two U.S. Army pilots died in an Apache helicopter accident in Kentucky.
We thank these military personnel for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate others.
To learn more about these fallen military service members, CLICK ON the news articles listed below:
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/04/05/marines-identify-4-killed-in-ch-53e-crash/
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/04/05/air-force-thunderbirds-pilot-killed-in-f-16-crash-near-nellis-afb/
https://www.stripes.com/news/army/army-identifies-the-2-fort-campbell-soldiers-killed-in-helicopter-crash-1.521061
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 !!!
- 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 !!!