Welcome to Flag Steward's
Be a Stud Citizen - Reminders from Our Flag
for Monday, April 12, 2021
[ Note: View of moon behind Poppy's Memorial Flagpole at Flag Steward HQ = S. Sweeney pic ]
Be a Stud Citizen - Reminders from Our Flag
for Monday, April 12, 2021
[ Note: View of moon behind Poppy's Memorial Flagpole at Flag Steward HQ = S. Sweeney pic ]
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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
or, 3) WATCH the <5 minutes VIDEO of today's Reminders from Our Flag, by yourself or with your classrooom on a projector/flatscreen ]
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[ 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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Today's Historical Moment from Our Flag
... another American pioneering moment,
the first Space Shuttle launch ...
... another American pioneering moment,
the first Space Shuttle launch ...
[ launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1988 - public domain pic from NASA ]
40 years ago today, on April 12th in 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia, NASA flight mission STS-1 (Space Transportation System - flight #1), launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This marked another first in the world - humans flying a reusable spacecraft that would be rocketed into orbit around Earth and then return by flying like an airplane to land on a runway and be used for future space missions. Over the next 30 years, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, would complete 135 Space Shuttle missions that empowered 355 astronauts to work on the International Space Station, Hubble Telescope, and other labs and satellites.
Today's Inspirational Quote from Our Flag
"What a way to come to California."
- NASA Astronaut Bob Crippen,
after piloting and landing STS-1, the Columbia Space Shuttle, at Edwards Air Force Base in California
[ Public domain image of STS-1 landing in California, on a dry desert lake bed, two days after its launch from Florida ]
"What a way to come to California."
- NASA Astronaut Bob Crippen,
after piloting and landing STS-1, the Columbia Space Shuttle, at Edwards Air Force Base in California
[ Public domain image of STS-1 landing in California, on a dry desert lake bed, two days after its launch from Florida ]
Today's Fun from Our Flag
... is a goofy, space-related joke ...
... is a goofy, space-related joke ...
Hey, everyone's wondering, ...
... are you an outer-space flying astronaut?
... are you an outer-space flying astronaut?
Because, they all think you are ...
... out of this world! ;)
And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, inspired by America being the first to send astronauts into space, and have them come back to Earth and land like an airplane, please unite and recite the Pledge.
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
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
In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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