Reminders from Our Flag
for Monday, January 13, 2020
for Monday, January 13, 2020
[ quote from FDR's 'day of infamy' speech - given on Dec. 8, 1941 ]
Half-Staff Alerts for January 13
... 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 January 13
All Flags across NORTH CAROLINA (NC: until Jan. 19): NC's Governor ordered all Flags at state facilities to half-staff, immediately on Mon., Jan. 13, until sunset on Sun., Jan. 19, in honor of US Staff Sgt. Ian Paul McLaughlin of Virginia (right picture) and Pfc. Miguel Angel Villalon of Illinois, who lost their lives while conducting combat operations on Saturday in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. McLaughlin and Pfc. Villalon were both paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division based in Fort Bragg, NC. GO HERE to read the Flag order (it was only received by email as of 1135am EST = not posted to NC Flag Alerts page yet).
All Flags in Aurora, ILLINOIS (IL: until TBD): Aurora's Mayor, assumedly with the authority and approval of the Governor, ordered all Flags at city facilities in Aurora, IL to half-staff until sunset on the date of his interment (TBD), in memory of a courageous young hero, US Army PFC Miguel Villalon, who killed in action on Sat., Jan. 11, in Afghanistan. CLICK HERE to read about the Flag order.
All Flags across Lubbock County, TEXAS (TX: until Jan. 17): Lubbock County Judge Parrish, assumedly with the authority and approval of the Governor, ordered all Flags at county facilities in Lubbock County, TX to half-staff until sunset, on Fri., Jan. 17, to honor two first responders, Eric Hill of the Lubbock Fire Department and Officer Nicholas Reyna of the Lubbock Police Department, killed in the line of duty when struck by a vehicle on Saturday (Jan. 11). CLICK HERE to read about the Flag order.
Upcoming Half-Staffs
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Today's Moment to Remember
[ President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated right-center, next to Winston Churchull (holding cigar) ... Image educational use = Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205147296 ]
This Military Monday 'Reminder from Our Flag' recalls what happened at the Casablanca Conference during WWII.
On tomorrow's date, January 14th, in 1943, the 10-day meeting between 2 of the 3 leading Allied forces leaders began in Casablanca, Morocco. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Great Britain Prime Minister Winston Churchill met to discuss World War II strategies. The missing Allied forces leader was Premier Joseph Stalin, who needed to stay back in the Soviet Union to help manage the ongoing, bloody Battle of Stalingrad. The Nazis (Axis forces) focus on expanding their war-controlled territories to the east, including Poland and the Soviet Union, was a subject of the Casablanca Conference discussions. In addition to talking about how to start a second front, a Western Front, to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union and pull the Nazis in two directions, the takeaway phrase from Roosevelt and Churchill's meeting was "unconditional surrender."
They agreed that they would only allow the Axis forces (Nazis) to surrender without any conditions - NO exceptions.
This Military Monday 'Reminder from Our Flag' recalls what happened at the Casablanca Conference during WWII.
On tomorrow's date, January 14th, in 1943, the 10-day meeting between 2 of the 3 leading Allied forces leaders began in Casablanca, Morocco. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Great Britain Prime Minister Winston Churchill met to discuss World War II strategies. The missing Allied forces leader was Premier Joseph Stalin, who needed to stay back in the Soviet Union to help manage the ongoing, bloody Battle of Stalingrad. The Nazis (Axis forces) focus on expanding their war-controlled territories to the east, including Poland and the Soviet Union, was a subject of the Casablanca Conference discussions. In addition to talking about how to start a second front, a Western Front, to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union and pull the Nazis in two directions, the takeaway phrase from Roosevelt and Churchill's meeting was "unconditional surrender."
They agreed that they would only allow the Axis forces (Nazis) to surrender without any conditions - NO exceptions.
[ FDR was the first President to fly while in office - taking a seaplane to start his 5-day long trip from Washington, D.C. to Casablanca, Morocco = public domain image ]
[ FDR (left) and Churchill (right) at Casablanca ]
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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