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Be a Stud Citizen - Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying US History & Civics info)
for Friday, April 9, 2021
National Former Prisoner of War (POW) Recognition Day
[ Pic of Flags at Highlands Ranch Veterans Monument by S. Sweeney in 2018 ]
Be a Stud Citizen - Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying US History & Civics info)
for Friday, April 9, 2021
National Former Prisoner of War (POW) Recognition Day
[ Pic of Flags at Highlands Ranch Veterans Monument by S. Sweeney in 2018 ]
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[ 1) KEEP SCROLLING 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) LISTEN to the <5 minutes PODCAST as you or your classroom follow along viewing the page on a device or classroom projection
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Today's Historical Moment from Our Flag
... highlights one the most horrific Prisoner of War events during WWII ...
... highlights one the most horrific Prisoner of War events during WWII ...
[ American and Filipino prisoners carrying those died during the Bataan Death March = public domain image ]
On this date, in 1942, the infamous Bataan Death March of captured American and Filipino prisoners of war (POWs) began in the Philippines. Approximately 70,000 American and Filipino prisoners were forced, by their Japanese captors, to march about 65 miles under very harsh conditions. Due to the extreme heat, lack of water or food, and physical abuse by Japanese guards, historians estimate more than 500 Americans and more than 11,000 Filipino prisoners died or were killed during the forced march.
On this date, in 1942, the infamous Bataan Death March of captured American and Filipino prisoners of war (POWs) began in the Philippines. Approximately 70,000 American and Filipino prisoners were forced, by their Japanese captors, to march about 65 miles under very harsh conditions. Due to the extreme heat, lack of water or food, and physical abuse by Japanese guards, historians estimate more than 500 Americans and more than 11,000 Filipino prisoners died or were killed during the forced march.
[ POW/MIA Flag created during the Vietnam War = public domain image ]
The National Former Prisoner of War Recogniation Day was established by the US Congress in 1988, and the President issued a Proclamation, to commemorate the start of the Bataan Death March and honor the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have been prisoners of war since the American Revolutionary War.
The National Former Prisoner of War Recogniation Day was established by the US Congress in 1988, and the President issued a Proclamation, to commemorate the start of the Bataan Death March and honor the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have been prisoners of war since the American Revolutionary War.
Today's Inspirational Quote from Our Flag
... pays tribute to one of America's most well-known and longest-held former Prisoner of War during the Vietnam War ...
"Very few people know anybody like John McCain,
someone who suffered and had his body, yet not his spirit,
broken for six years as a POW and who has served his nation."
- K.C.
[ public domain pic of then Lieutenant Commander John McCain, finally released from being a POW, greeting President Nixon in 1973 ]
... pays tribute to one of America's most well-known and longest-held former Prisoner of War during the Vietnam War ...
"Very few people know anybody like John McCain,
someone who suffered and had his body, yet not his spirit,
broken for six years as a POW and who has served his nation."
- K.C.
[ public domain pic of then Lieutenant Commander John McCain, finally released from being a POW, greeting President Nixon in 1973 ]
Today's WOW! from Our Flag
... relives John McCain's POW days through his own words ...
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