Reminders from Our Flag
for Friday, December 14, 2018
... a #NeverForgottenFriday ...
for Friday, December 14, 2018
... a #NeverForgottenFriday ...
On this #FlagDayFriday, we recommend that your school / classroom perform this week's
Pre-Pledge Tribute
Pre-Pledge Tribute
Today's Flag Status
Across the USA and its Territories, the US Flag flies at HALF-STAFF to honor the life and service of our 41st US President, George H. W. Bush, and will remain so until sunset on December 30th. And, in CT & MA, there are concurrent half-staff honorees.
Across the USA and its Territories, the US Flag flies at HALF-STAFF to honor the life and service of our 41st US President, George H. W. Bush, and will remain so until sunset on December 30th. And, in CT & MA, there are concurrent half-staff honorees.
In CONNECTICUT, the US and State Flags at half-staff, on Friday, Dec. 14th, will concurrently honor, in addition to Bush 41, the 20 children and 6 adults killed 6 years ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
In MASSACHUSETTS, the Governor has ordered the US and State Flags to continue to fly at half-staff with a concurrent tribute, until sunset on Sat., Dec. 15, to fallen Firefighter Christopher Roy of the Worchester Fire Department. He died in the line of duty while fighting a blaze on Sunday, Dec. 9th.
In MASSACHUSETTS, the Governor has ordered the US and State Flags to continue to fly at half-staff with a concurrent tribute, until sunset on Sat., Dec. 15, to fallen Firefighter Christopher Roy of the Worchester Fire Department. He died in the line of duty while fighting a blaze on Sunday, Dec. 9th.
This Week's #NeverForgottenFriday Honorees
[ 5 KC-130 crewmembers (left to right - top to bottom) USMC Maj. James Brophy, LtCol. Kevin Herrmann, Staff Sgt. Maximo Flores, Cpl. Daniel Baker and Cpl. William Carter Ross plus F/A-18 Pilot Capt. Jahmar Resilard ]
Unfortunately, there were 6 US Marines killed in the line of duty recently, on December 6th, during an aircraft collision between a F/A-18 Hornet jet and a KC-130 refueling tanker.
Five Marines, with the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, perished when the KC-130 crashed into the ocean off Japan:
Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Herrmann, 38, of Fredericksburg, VA
Major James M. Brophy, 36, of Staatsburg, NY
Staff Sergeant Maximo Flores, 27, of Surprise, AZ
Corporal Carter Ross, 21, of Hendersonville, TN
Corporal Daniel Baker, 21, of Tremont, IL
And, Captain Jahmar Resilard, 28, from Miramar, FL, with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 out of MCAS Iwakuni, died when his F/A-18 Hornet jet crashed.
To learn more about these men, ...
GO HERE to read the article about Capt Resilard
CLICK HERE to review the article about the KC-130 crew members
GO HERE to read the article about Capt Resilard
CLICK HERE to review the article about the KC-130 crew members
Today's Moment to Remember
On this date (OTD), December 14, 1799, George Washington, at the age of 67, died at his estate in Mt. Vernon, Virginia.
So, on his memorial date, let us honor George Washington by reviewing some of his life's most significant contributions to the birth of America.
The pictures above show George Washington (going clockwise from top left):
1) Presiding, over the approval of the U.S. Constitution, as President of the Constitutional Convention
2) Leading the Continental Army, and working French General Rochambeau, at the Battle of Yorktown, to win the final battle of the American Revolutionary War
3) Taking charge, as General, of the Continental Army in 1775, and
4) Checking-on troops with French General Lafayette at Valley Forge during the horrific winter of 1777-78
And, of course, he served as our first U.S. President and helped establish the way our government branches would work together to lead our young country - by following and putting in to practice the the U.S. Constitution.
Let us thank George Washington for all he did to establish our great country and pray that we live up to and finally meet his expectations that we become a country which is truly 'indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.'
So, on his memorial date, let us honor George Washington by reviewing some of his life's most significant contributions to the birth of America.
The pictures above show George Washington (going clockwise from top left):
1) Presiding, over the approval of the U.S. Constitution, as President of the Constitutional Convention
2) Leading the Continental Army, and working French General Rochambeau, at the Battle of Yorktown, to win the final battle of the American Revolutionary War
3) Taking charge, as General, of the Continental Army in 1775, and
4) Checking-on troops with French General Lafayette at Valley Forge during the horrific winter of 1777-78
And, of course, he served as our first U.S. President and helped establish the way our government branches would work together to lead our young country - by following and putting in to practice the the U.S. Constitution.
Let us thank George Washington for all he did to establish our great country and pray that we live up to and finally meet his expectations that we become a country which is truly 'indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.'
Thanks for reviewing today's 'Reminders for Our Flag'
- a service from the Flag Steward program
Now go 'Be a stud 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 stud 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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