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Presidents Day

Welcome to Flag Steward's
Be a Stud Citizen - Reminders from Our Flag

for Monday, February 15, 2021​
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[ Flags fly at Flag Steward HQ during Feb. 2020 sunset - pic by S. Sweeney ] 
[ 3 Ways for Students to Experience today's 'Be a Stud Citizen - Reminders from Our Flag': ]
[ 1) Scroll down this page and read it to yourself or perform it aloud for your school / classroom. If reading the page to a classroom, skip any text in [ brackets ].
2) Play & listen to the 'BASC' podcast as you or your classroom follow along while scrolling down this page on a device or classroom projection
or, 3) Play & watch, by yourself or with your classrooom on a projector, the screen captured short video performance of this page ]
[ Note: Flag Steward's 'Be a Stud Citizen' podcasts are available on nearly all podcast platforms for you to listen and enjoy however you prefer. ]
[ Note: If you can't access or play videos from YouTube in your school, then GO / CLICK HERE to watch today's stories from Our Flag on Loom. ]
Where is Our Flag, the U.S. Flag, at half-staff today?
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Note: Eventhough, today we celebrate the National Holiday known by the majority of citizens as "Presidents Day," because the media reinvented what is officially still called "Washington's Birthday," we're keeping focused on Susan B. Anthony's birthday and life's achievements.
Today's Historical Moment from Our Flag
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[ Susan B. Anthony dollar coin, the first coin with a woman on it = public domain image ]

One of America's most well known historical figures, and the one most thought of when discussing women's rights, Susan B. Anthony was born on this date, February 15th, in 1820, in Massachusetts.  Early in her life, at age 17, she began her first fight for the right of Americans - in this case, collecting petitions to end slavery.  Beginning, in 1851, she partnered with Elizabeth Cady Stanton to aggressive work on women's right - first and foremost the right to vote.  Anthony and Stanton pushed for women's right to vote, also known as Women's Suffrage, by setting up national organizations to rally support and push the US Congress and President to listen. 

​Anthony (pictured below) worked tirelessly on suffrage by travelling to give as many as 100 speeches a year.  Eventually, Anthony's and Stanton's hard work paid off when, in 1878, US Senator Sargent of California introduced the 19th Amendment to give women the right to vote.  Unfortunately, and unbelievablly, it took 42 years, until 1920, after Anthony passed away 14 years earlier, to ratify the Amendment empowering women with the ability to vote for elected official
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​​Today's Enlightening Quote from Our Flag
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Today's Fun from Our Flag
... is a women's suffrage meme, featuring Stanton on the left and Anthony on the right, found on Pinterest (author unknown) ...
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​[ Below: Women marching in protest for the right to vote - also known as Women's Suffrage ]

And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, inspired by Susan B. Anthony and Women Suffragists fighting for the right to vote, please unite and recite the Pledge.
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​​Thanks for participating in today's U.S. Flag tribute.
This is Sean Sweeney, a fellow Flag Steward, signing-off:

Go out and 'be a stud citizen' today
Keep America Beautiful, and remember,
In God We Trust
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​In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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