Reminders from Our Flag
for Saturday, December 21, 2019​​​

Half-Staff Alerts for December 21
... 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 21

All Flags across Lake and Tipton County, INDIANA (IN: on Dec. 21):  Indiana Governor ordered all Flags at state facilities in Lake and Tipton County to half-staff, from sunrise to sunset, on Sat., Dec. 21, to honor to honor former Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher (pictured on left) and Tipton Mayor Don Havens.  CLICK HERE to read article about the Flag order.

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All Flags atop Pinellas County Courthouse, City Hall of St. Petersburg, and State Capitol building in Tallahassee, FLORIDA (FL: on Dec. 20):  Florida Governor ordered all Flags atop state facilities listed above to half-staff, from sunrise to sunset, on Sat., Dec. 21, to honor United States Navy Airman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, who was killed during the recent NAS Pensacola terror shooting.  GO HERE to read the Flag order.

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All City Flags across Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA (CA: Dec. 18 - Jan. 7):  Los Angeles Mayor ordered all City Flags across Los Angeles to half-staff, immediately on Wed., Dec. 18 to sunset on Tue., Jan. 7, in honor of Former First Assistant Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, Earl Paysinger.  CLICK HERE to read the Flag order.  And, GO HERE to learn more about his and his law enforcement career.

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All Flags in Greenwich, Connecticut (CT: until Dec. 23): CO South Metro District Fire stations, assumedly with approval and authority of the Governor, have all Flags aGreenwich Mayor, assumedly with approval and authority of the Governor ordered all town Flag to half-staff, on Tue., Dec. 17, until sunset on Mon., Dec. 23, the date of his interment, in honor of Greenwich Police Officer Justin Quagliani.  GO HERE to read about this Flag event.

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Upcoming Half-Staffs

​All Flags across AL on 12/22
All Flags across NJ on 12/23
All Flags across WV on 12/23

Today's Moment to Remember
... led to an iconic movie, whose 2020 sequel is hopefully as epic ...

On this date, December 21, in 1970, was the first flight of the F-14 "Tomcat."  Built by Grumman Aerospace Corporation, the F-14 was designed and developed for the US Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental program leveraging experience from aerial fights against Soviet-built MiGs during the Vietnam War.  The first US. fighter aircraft with twin tails, this supersonic, twin-enging, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft served in the US Navy from 1974 to 2006.  
And, in 1986, it was featured in the movie hugely popular Top Gun movie with Tom Cruise - spawning a generation of young Americans whoh wanted to be the next "Maverick." 
See the trailers below to see the Hollywood-created "Maverick" in action back in 1986 and now, many years later in 2020

Top Gun (1986 movie) trailer above and Top Gun 2 (2020 movie) trailer below
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