Welcome to Flag Steward's
Be a Stud Citizen - Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying US History & Civics info)
for Tuesday, June 22, 2021
[ View north from Flag Steward HQ with white-capped Indian Peaks Wilderness in distance = S. Sweeney pic (June 2020) ]
Be a Stud Citizen - Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying US History & Civics info)
for Tuesday, June 22, 2021
[ View north from Flag Steward HQ with white-capped Indian Peaks Wilderness in distance = S. Sweeney pic (June 2020) ]
Where is Our Flag, the U.S. Flag, at half-staff today?
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Today's Historical Moment from Our Flag
[ public domain image = circa 1899 classroom doing Pledge of Allegiance with Bellamy Salute ]
On this date, June 22, in 1942, Congress first recognized the Pledge of Allegiance as an official US Flag ceremony. Public Law 77-623 had changed little since the first and only National Flag Conference in 1923. The Pledge in the 1942 Flag Code, then on its third version from the original Pledge written by Francis Bellamy in 1892, stated:
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Additionally, the 1942 Flag Code removed the Bellamy Salute, shown in picture above, because it looked too close to the Hitler salute.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Additionally, the 1942 Flag Code removed the Bellamy Salute, shown in picture above, because it looked too close to the Hitler salute.
[ public domain image from Library of Congress ]
Today's Inspirational Quote from Our Flag
"Let's do more than say the 'Pledge of Allegiance.'
Let us live it!"
- Emanuel Cleaver, US Rep (MO)
[ Public domain image ]
"Let's do more than say the 'Pledge of Allegiance.'
Let us live it!"
- Emanuel Cleaver, US Rep (MO)
[ Public domain image ]
Today's Fun from Our Flag
And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, more informed about our Pledge of Allegiance's history, 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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Flag Steward (formerly known as Beacon of Honor and originally incorporated as GivingVu.org, Inc. in 2013) is a nonpartisan, student-inspired, Veteran-led 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit organization based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Tax ID# 46-2457373