Welcome to Flag Steward's 'Be a Stud Citizen'
Half-Staff Alerts & Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying Civics info & US History memos)
for Thursday, July 8, 2021
[ July 2020 pic from Popponesset Beach, Mashpee, MA by S Sweeney ]
Half-Staff Alerts & Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying Civics info & US History memos)
for Thursday, July 8, 2021
[ July 2020 pic from Popponesset Beach, Mashpee, MA by S Sweeney ]
Where is Our Flag, the U.S. Flag, at half-staff today?
[ CLICK HERE to see Half-Staff alert details, including pics of honorees ]
Today's Historical Moment from Our Flag
... celebrates the Liberty Bell ...
... celebrates the Liberty Bell ...
[ public domain image = National Park Ranger speaking to Liberty Bell tour group in 1951 ]
On this date, July 8, in 1776, John Nixon, a Patriot and Continental Army Officer, made the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence from the steps of the Pennsylvania State House in Phildadelphia. No one is certain, but historians believe, the Liberty Bell rang out from the Pennsylvania State House to celebrate the occasion. That's right. It happened on July 8th, not on July 4th as legends have assumed.
What is known is that the Liberty Bell was rung at the one year anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1777. Additionally, two months later, in September, the Liberty Bell was taken down, moved, and hidden in a church in Allentown, PA (public domain image below shows it being transported). Why did they move it? Pennsylvania colonists wanted to ensure the bell wasn't captured by the British who had defeated General Washington's Continental Army at the Battle of Brandywine and marched in to takeover. A year later, the British left Philadelphia, so the Liberty Bell was returned then.
What is known is that the Liberty Bell was rung at the one year anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1777. Additionally, two months later, in September, the Liberty Bell was taken down, moved, and hidden in a church in Allentown, PA (public domain image below shows it being transported). Why did they move it? Pennsylvania colonists wanted to ensure the bell wasn't captured by the British who had defeated General Washington's Continental Army at the Battle of Brandywine and marched in to takeover. A year later, the British left Philadelphia, so the Liberty Bell was returned then.
[ public domain image of painting of "Bell's First Toll" (first time rung) ]
Today's Insightful Quote from Our Flag
... comes from a February of 1846 story in the Philadephia Public Ledger ...
"The old Independence Bell rang its last clear note on Monday last in honor of the birthday of Washington and now hangs in the great city steeple irreparably cracked and dumb. It had been cracked before but was set in order of that day by having the edges of the fracture filed so as not to vibrate against each other ... It gave out clear notes and loud, and appeared to be in excellent condition until noon, when it received a sort of compound fracture in a zig-zag direction through one of its sides which put it completely out of tune and left it a mere wreck of what it was."
[ public domain image = 1872 pic of Liberty Bell on stand ]
And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, now inspired by the Liberty Bell when it was physically able to "let freedom ring", let's 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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