​Reminders from Our Flag
for Friday, November 9, 2018
... a #NeverForgottenFriday ...

​​​On this #FlagDayFriday, we recommend that your school / classroom perform this week's
Pre-Pledge Tribute

Today's Flag Status  ​
Across the USA, Our American Flag flies at HALF-STAFF, until sunset on 11/10, to honor the Thousand Oaks bar shooting victims.

​​This Week's #NeverForgottenFriday Honoree

[ Major Brent Taylor ]

Unfortunately, there was one US service member, Major Brent Taylor, of the Utah Army National Guard, killed in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) this past Saturday.  Major Taylor, who also served as Mayor of North Ogden, UT, was a 39 year-old military intelligence officer training the Afghan Commando Battalion.  He was shot and killed, and another soldier injured, during an insider attack by an Afghan Army traitor.  He is survived by his wife and 7 children ranging in age from 13 to 1 years old.

​Today's Historical Reminder
... Teddy goes to Panama (carrying a big stick;) ... ​

[ courtesy of Wikipedia =public domain image ]

​On this date, November 9th, in 1906, President Theodore ("Teddy") Roosevelt was the first U.S. President to make an official international trip.  He went to Panama to inspect the Panama Canal.

​​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 !!!

​In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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