Reminders from Our Flag
for Tuesday, December 10, 2019
...Nobel Prize Day ...
for Tuesday, December 10, 2019
...Nobel Prize Day ...
Half-Staff Alerts for December 10
... America's most honorable, accurate, & complete (National, State, & Local) half-staff alert service ...
[ Map and Half-Staff Flag details, with honoree pictures, below ]
... America's most honorable, accurate, & complete (National, State, & Local) half-staff alert service ...
[ Map and Half-Staff Flag details, with honoree pictures, below ]
Half-Staff Alerts & Honorees for December 10
All Flags across MASSACHUSETS (MA: on Dec. 10): MA overnor ordered all Flags at state facilities across Massachusetts to half-staff, from sunrise to sunset, on Tue., Dec. 10, the date of interment (TBD), in honor of Master Chief Petty Officer Kenneth MacDonald, Jr., United States Navy, of Wilmington, Massachusetts, who died on November 24, 2019 in Hampton, VA.. GO HERE to read the Flag order.
All Flags across ALABAMA (AL: on Dec. 10): AL Governor ordered all Flags at state facilities across Alabama to half-staff, from sunrise to sunset, on Tue., Dec. 10, the date of interment (TBD), as a mark of respect for Huntsville Police Officer Billy Fred Clardy III, who was tragically killed in the line of duty on Friday, December 6, 2019. CLICK HERE to read the Flag order.
All Flags across ARKANSAS (AR: Dec. 9 - TBD): AR Governor ordered all Flags at state facilities across Arkansas to half-staff, immediately on Dec. 9 to sunset on the date of his interment (TBD), in tribute to the memory of Fayetteville Police Officer Stephen Carr. Flags are to remain at half-staff until the day of interment. Officer Carr was killed in the line of duty on the evening of Saturday, December 7, 2019. GO HERE to read the Flag order.
All STATE Flags across RHODE ISLAND (RI: on Dec. 9 - 10): Governor ordered RI State Flag (only) at state facilities across Rhode Island to half-staff, until sunset, on Tue., Dec. 10, the date of interment (TBD), in memory of former Rhode Island Superior Court Presiding Justice Joseph F. Rodgers Jr.. CLICK HERE to read the Flag order which is not posted on the Governor's website. [ Note: This order was delivered to Flag Steward at 1100 hours today, and was unable to be posted until now - 3 hours late. My apologies. ]
All Flags across FLORIDA (FL: from Dec. 6 - 13): Governor ordered all (US & State) Flags at state facilities across Minnesota to half-staff, from Dec. 6 to sunset on Fri., Dec. 13, in honor and remembrance of the NAS Pensacola shooting victims, especially the 3 US Navy personnel killed - US Navy Airman Mohmmed Sameh Haitham from Florida, US Navy Airman Apprentice Cameron Scott Walters from Georgia, and US Navy Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson, a Naval Academy Graduate from Alabama. CLICK HERE to read the Flag order.
Upcoming Half-Staffs
All Flags across CO on 12/13
Today's Moment to Remember
... the death of Alfred Nobel and the birth of the Nobel Prize ...
... the death of Alfred Nobel and the birth of the Nobel Prize ...
On this date, December 10th, each year, the Nobel Prize is awarded. The Nobel Prize, awarded each year on the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death on December 10, 1896, is given those who have done their best to benefit humankind in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. Alfred Nobel was a Swedish inventor, with 355 patents worldwide, and a businessman with 87 companies around the world. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901, five years after Nobel’s death, because of his family's disbelief and disagreement over his massive estate being willed to a "prize."
So, why is the, Swedish award being mentioned as part of today's 'Reminders from Our (U.S.) Flag'? Well, more Americans have been awarded the prize than anyone else - 383, nearly 3 times more than the next closest, the United Kingdom with 132. Some interesting American Nobel Prize winners include: Theodore Roosevelt (the first American in 1901 for Peace), Bob Dylan (in 2016 for Literature), and Martin Luther King Jr. (for Peace in 1964)
GO HERE for the list of Nobel Laureates from the U.S.
So, why is the, Swedish award being mentioned as part of today's 'Reminders from Our (U.S.) Flag'? Well, more Americans have been awarded the prize than anyone else - 383, nearly 3 times more than the next closest, the United Kingdom with 132. Some interesting American Nobel Prize winners include: Theodore Roosevelt (the first American in 1901 for Peace), Bob Dylan (in 2016 for Literature), and Martin Luther King Jr. (for Peace in 1964)
GO HERE for the list of Nobel Laureates from the U.S.
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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