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 15, 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 15, 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 Georgia being readmitted to the Union ...
... celebrates Georgia being readmitted to the Union ...
[ public domain image = Teachers from the North come down to educate newly freed slaves in the South ]
On this date, July 15, in 1870, Georgia becomes the last state to be readmitted to the Union, to the rejoin the United States of America. At the end of the Civil War, a period called the Reconstruction began - a rebuilding of the South to a new way of life without slaves as their labor force for farming and other commerce. In Georgia at the beginning of its Reconstruction in 1865, there were nearly 500,000 "freedmen" (former slaves) who needed a place to live and work. So, federal (national) officials came down and redistributed 400,000 acres of land in coastal Georgia and South Carolina to 40,000 of the 500,000 freed slaves. Obviously, there was lots more to do and help Georgia and its citizens (old and new) rejoin the Union (USA) just five years later.
[ public domain image of Civil War torn home in Atlanta, GA - just a small part of the "Reconstruction" ahead for GA from 1865 - 1870 ]
Today's Insightful Quote from Our Flag
... comes from Martin Luther King Jr's 'I have a Dream' speech ...
"I have a dream ...
that one day on the red hills of Georgia,
the sons of former slaves
and the sons of former slave owners
will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
[ public domain image = view from the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963 during the March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom - including MLK's 'I have a Dream' speech ]
And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, informed of some of the Reconstruction era obstacles that had to be overcome to reunite America, 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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