Reminders from Our Flag
for Monday, April 29, 2019
[ GO HERE for this week's Pre-Pledge Tribute - recalling the first American in space ]
for Monday, April 29, 2019
[ GO HERE for this week's Pre-Pledge Tribute - recalling the first American in space ]
Half-Staff Alerts for April 29
The US & State Flags across INDIANA, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, and MARYLAND are at HALF-STAFF
And, in New Mexico, the STATE Flag only is half-staff across the State.
The US & State Flags across INDIANA, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, and MARYLAND are at HALF-STAFF
And, in New Mexico, the STATE Flag only is half-staff across the State.
Today's Moment to Remember
[ Main gate to Nazi's Dachau concentration camp. Seen here is the US Army guarding the gate just after they had liberated the camp = public domain image ]
On April 29 of 1945, the Dachau concentration camp and its satellite camps, which forced prisoners to work on German war munitions and armament, were liberated by U.S. troops. Approximately, 30,000 prisoners were freed - mostly Jews and political prisoners from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Austria. Three days later, Americans found and freed the Dachau death march prisoners - about 6,000 were found alive near the Austrian border.
[Note: Holocaust survivor and educator, Jack Adler, who gives a presentation to MVHS Sophomore English Honors classes each year, was a survivor of both the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps. He was also one of the 6,000 liberated during the Dachau death march. Here’s a link to some of his story.]
[Note: Holocaust survivor and educator, Jack Adler, who gives a presentation to MVHS Sophomore English Honors classes each year, was a survivor of both the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps. He was also one of the 6,000 liberated during the Dachau death march. Here’s a link to some of his story.]
[ Young prisoners at Dachau celebrate being freed by the U.S. Army = public domain photo ]
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Now go 'Be a stud citizen' today by ...
... picking up and disposing of 2 pieces of trash that will help
keep America beautiful !!!
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(Official motto of the United States of America)
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