Welcome to Flag Steward's 'Be a Stud Citizen'
Half-Staff Alerts & Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying Civics info & US History memos)
for Wednesday, August 25, 2021
National Park Service Founders Day
[ pic of Yosemite National Park from Glacier Point = view of Half Dome and Nevada and Vernal Falls - taken in May 2017 by S. Sweeney ]
Half-Staff Alerts & Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying Civics info & US History memos)
for Wednesday, August 25, 2021
National Park Service Founders Day
[ pic of Yosemite National Park from Glacier Point = view of Half Dome and Nevada and Vernal Falls - taken in May 2017 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 National Park Service Founders Day ...
... celebrates National Park Service Founders Day ...
[ sunset in Zion National Park in July 2019 = pic by S. Sweeney ]
On this date, August 25, of 1916, the National Park Service was created by our Congress' National Park Service Organic Act. The National Park Service (NPS) is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior. From what I hear, Americans, in the face of pandemic that encourages social distancing and being outdoors, have been going to our National Parks in record numbers in the summer of 2020 and again in 2021.
Who do we have to thank for our National Park Service?
John Muir, President Theodore Roosevelt, and President Woodrow Wilson, who signed the National Park Service Organic Act in 1916, were a few of the many Americans who helped create this great way to keep America the Beautiful.
Today, the National Park Service has a mission to preserve the ecological and historical aspects of designated lands and places, while at the same time, allowing use of the land and places for public benefit and enjoyment.
[ Below is pic of Crater Lake National Park in Oregon - fall of 2019 by S. Sweeney ]
Who do we have to thank for our National Park Service?
John Muir, President Theodore Roosevelt, and President Woodrow Wilson, who signed the National Park Service Organic Act in 1916, were a few of the many Americans who helped create this great way to keep America the Beautiful.
Today, the National Park Service has a mission to preserve the ecological and historical aspects of designated lands and places, while at the same time, allowing use of the land and places for public benefit and enjoyment.
[ Below is pic of Crater Lake National Park in Oregon - fall of 2019 by S. Sweeney ]
Today's Inspirational Quote from Our Flag
"The coniferous forests of the Yosemite Park, and of the Sierra in general,
surpass all others of their kind in America, or indeed the world,
not only in the size and beauty of the trees,
but in the number of species assembled together,
and the grandeur of the mountains they are growing on.
– John Muir
(conservationist, author, and basically founder of Yosemite National Park)
[ June 2017 image of Yosemite Valley by S. Sweeney ]
And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, thankful for our National Park Service and inspired by the beauty and awe of its treasures, 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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