Reminders from Our Flag
for Monday, December 24, 2018​

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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, there is an additional concurrent half-staff honoree in PA.

In PENNSYLVANIA, while the US Flag remains at half-staff until Dec. 30th to honor President George H W Bush, the Governor has ordered the PA State / Commonwealth Flags to half-staff to honor Scott Dannheimer, 53, of Shamokin, a Captain of the East End Fire Company in Coal Township and it will remain at half-staff until the day of his interment (TBD).

Today's Historical Moment to Remember
... the end of the War of 1812 ...

[ Signing of the Treaty of Ghent. The leading British delegate Baron Gambier is shaking hands with the American leader John Quincy Adams. ]

OTD, December 24th, in 1814, the 'Treaty of Ghent' was signed between the US and Great Britain. This peace agreement (treaty) ended the War of 1812 between the US and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.  They agreed to restore the borders of each country to the way they were before the war.  It took more than a month before news of the Treaty of Ghent reached all the US forces fighting.

Today's Slice of Americana - Sports
... a 1982 epic upset of college basketball's #1 team...

[ Fair use / Educationaly use ]

On Dec. 23, 1982, Chaminade upset the #1 University of Virginia basketball team, led by Ralph Sampson.  This win is considered one of the biggest upsets in sports history.

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