Reminders from Our Flag
for Friday, September 21, 2018
POW / MIA Recognition Day
On this #FlagDayFriday, we recommend that your school / classroom perform this week's
Pre-Pledge Tribute
for Friday, September 21, 2018
POW / MIA Recognition Day
On this #FlagDayFriday, we recommend that your school / classroom perform this week's
Pre-Pledge Tribute
Today's Flag Status
Our Flag flies at full staff in 47 of 50 states. SD, SC, & KS are half-staff today.
Our Flag flies at full staff in 47 of 50 states. SD, SC, & KS are half-staff today.
In South Dakota, the US and State Flags fly at half-staff to honor the life of former state legislator Dorothy Kellogg, who lived to 98
In Kansas, the US and State Flags are half-staff on the day of interment (burial) of Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Kunze who was killed in line of duty on Sunday, September 16, 2018.
In South Carolina, the US and State Flags are flown at half-staff from sunup until at least noon in observance of POW/MIA Recognition Day.
In Kansas, the US and State Flags are half-staff on the day of interment (burial) of Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Kunze who was killed in line of duty on Sunday, September 16, 2018.
In South Carolina, the US and State Flags are flown at half-staff from sunup until at least noon in observance of POW/MIA Recognition Day.
Today's Historical Reminder
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2018 National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Friday, September 21st
(Every 3rd Friday in September)
National POW/MIA Recognition Day will be observed on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. This annual event honors our missing service members and their families, and highlights the government’s commitment to account for them. Support for these missing Americans and their families is deeply felt. America’s POW/MIAs should be honored and recognized, rather than memorialized, with the focus on continuing commitment to account as fully as possible for those still missing (approximately 1,500).
[courtesy of http://www.pow-miafamilies.org/recognition-day.html]
Observances of National POW/MIA Recognition Day are held across the country on military installations, ships at sea, state capitols, schools and veterans' facilities. This observance is one of six days throughout the year that Congress has mandated the flying of the National League of Families' POW/MIA flag. The others are Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and Veterans Day.
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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