Reminders from Our Flag
for Friday, August 3, 2018
... a #NeverForgottenFriday ...
On this #FlagDayFriday, we recommend that your group perform this week's
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for Friday, August 3, 2018
... a #NeverForgottenFriday ...
On this #FlagDayFriday, we recommend that your group perform this week's
Pre-Pledge Tribute
Today's Flag Status
Our Flag flies at full staff in 49 states. AZ is half-staff today.
Our Flag flies at full staff in 49 states. AZ is half-staff today.
In Arizona, the US and State Flags are at half-staff from sunrise to sunset today, Aug 3, to honor State Trooper Tyler Edenhofer on the day of his interment (burial).
[ GO HERE to learn more about Trooper Edenhofer's LODD (Line of Duty Death) ]
This Week's #NeverForgottenFriday Honorees
[ Korean War Veterans Memorial near the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C. ]
This week, thankfully, there are no fallen military personnel to report from the Global War on Terror (GWOT). So, this #NeverForgottenFriday is for our Korean War Veterans.
Interestingly, last Friday, on the anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Day, North Korea finally returned some of our fallen combatants. True to America's insistence that no soldier is left behind, on this #NeverForgottenFriday, we're able to pay our respects to 55 U.S. service members' remains being brought home 65 years after the end of the Korean War.
Watch this stirring DoD video highlighting the repatriation process.
Today's Historical Reminder
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
Signing of the Declaration of Independence [public domain image]
Was the original Declaration of Independence document signed by all members of the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776?
Actually, no, the majority of the 55 members of the Continental Congress signed the parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence on August 2, 1776 at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. This signed declaration is the one kept and displayed at the National Archives in Washington, DC.
It boldly proclaims to the King of England that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Was the original Declaration of Independence document signed by all members of the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776?
Actually, no, the majority of the 55 members of the Continental Congress signed the parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence on August 2, 1776 at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. This signed declaration is the one kept and displayed at the National Archives in Washington, DC.
It boldly proclaims to the King of England that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
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 !!!
In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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