Reminders from Our Flag
for Thursday, September 5, 2019
for Thursday, September 5, 2019
Half-Staff Alerts for September 5
Half-Staff Alerts for September 5
The U.S. Flag is FULL STAFF across 45 of 50 States.
ALL (US & STATE) FLAGS across NEW MEXICO and NEW YORK are half-staff.
In CALIFORNIA and WEST VIRGINIA there are local all flag half-staffs.
And, in TEXAS the STATE FLAG is half-staff across the state, and in San Antonio, there is a local half-staff of the U.S. Flag ordered.
GO HERE to see the details and pics of honorees for all the half-staffs
The U.S. Flag is FULL STAFF across 45 of 50 States.
ALL (US & STATE) FLAGS across NEW MEXICO and NEW YORK are half-staff.
In CALIFORNIA and WEST VIRGINIA there are local all flag half-staffs.
And, in TEXAS the STATE FLAG is half-staff across the state, and in San Antonio, there is a local half-staff of the U.S. Flag ordered.
GO HERE to see the details and pics of honorees for all the half-staffs
Today's Moment to Remember
... forming a more perfect Union ...
... forming a more perfect Union ...
On this date, September 5, in 1774, the First Continental Congress (pictured above) met with delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. Georgia did not attend because it more British loyalists than American patriots. They met from September 5 to October 26, 1774, in Carpenters' Hall (pictured below), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The delegates gathered together to ask King George III of Britain not to punish Massachusetts, and all the colonies indirectly, for the Boston Tea Party. The delegates also started to make plans for a full revolt, by having each colony set-up and train its own army (militia), if the king and the British parliament rejected the colonies' plea to not be punished. King George III and the British ignored the colonies' petition and enforced the "Intolerable Acts" against Massachusetts. And, so began, the path to the Revolutionary War between Britain and the colonies starting in 1775.
Today's Slice of Americana
... America's most far-reaching pioneer? ...
... America's most far-reaching pioneer? ...
On this date, September 5, of 1977, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) launched the Voyager 1 space probe. It's initial mission was to study our outer solar system - recording pictures and data from Jupiter, Saturn, and Titan (Saturn's largest moon). Check-out some of the pictures in the slideshow below. After successfully completing that mission in August of 1980, the probe's mission was directed to go beyond our solar system and go to the farthest reaches of space. It was the first spacecraft to cross the heliopause and enter the instellar medium (whatever those are ;)
And, yes, amazingly, 42 years later, Voyager 1 is still communicating with NASA - relaying pictures and information from deep space. It is the most distant man-made object from Earth at a distance of more than 13.6 billion miles away. In about 4 more years, NASA expects Voyager 1's propulsion system to die along with its ability to send back communications.
And, yes, amazingly, 42 years later, Voyager 1 is still communicating with NASA - relaying pictures and information from deep space. It is the most distant man-made object from Earth at a distance of more than 13.6 billion miles away. In about 4 more years, NASA expects Voyager 1's propulsion system to die along with its ability to send back communications.
Review and prepare your students for this week's #Flag Day Friday ceremony!!!
CLICK HERE to access this week's Pre-Plede Tribute - celebrating the origin of our Pledge of Allegiance
CLICK HERE to access this week's Pre-Plede Tribute - celebrating the origin of our Pledge of Allegiance
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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