Welcome to Flag Steward's 'Be a Stud Citizen'
Half-Staff Alerts & Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying Civics info & US History memos)
for Wednesday, July 14, 2021
[ pic of USS Constitution in Boston Harbor taken in July 2020 by S. Sweeney ]
Half-Staff Alerts & Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying Civics info & US History memos)
for Wednesday, July 14, 2021
[ pic of USS Constitution in Boston Harbor taken in July 2020 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
... recalls a professor at the Tuskegee Institute who helped poor farmers find success with a new crop and farming techniques ...
... recalls a professor at the Tuskegee Institute who helped poor farmers find success with a new crop and farming techniques ...
[ public domain image / statue of George Washington Carver as a boy in Newton County, MO ]
On this date, July 14th of 1943, the George Washington Carver National Monument was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This was the first national monument dedicated to an African-American and the first to a non-President. The monument encompasses the home and land upon which George Washington Carver grew up as a boy in Missouri.
So, who was George Washington Carver and why was the national monument dedicated to him?
He's most well-known for helping farmers grow peanuts and promote 105 recipes that contain peanuts. As the most well-known black scientist of the early 1900s, he excelled in agricultural science while inventing new ways for farmers to improve soils depleted from years of cotton planting. And, the peanut was the most successful crop he promoted while teaching at Tuskegee Institute.
So, who was George Washington Carver and why was the national monument dedicated to him?
He's most well-known for helping farmers grow peanuts and promote 105 recipes that contain peanuts. As the most well-known black scientist of the early 1900s, he excelled in agricultural science while inventing new ways for farmers to improve soils depleted from years of cotton planting. And, the peanut was the most successful crop he promoted while teaching at Tuskegee Institute.
[ public domain image / painting of George Washington Carver ]
Today's Inspirational Quote from Our Flag
"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged,
sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong.
Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."
- George Washington Carver
[ public domain image about G. Washington Carver's life ]
compassionate with the aged,
sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong.
Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."
- George Washington Carver
[ public domain image about G. Washington Carver's life ]
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 the American first chosen for a non-President national monument, George Washington Carver, and his peanut product inventions that improved the lives of many poor southern, former slave farmers, 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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