Welcome to Flag Steward's 'Be a Stud Citizen'
Half-Staff Alerts & Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying Civics info & US History memos)
for Thursday, September 16, 2021​

Mayflower Day

[ drawing of the Mayflower fighting through rough seas = public domain image ]

Where is Our Flag, the U.S. Flag, at half-staff today?

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Today's Story from Our Flag

400 years ago, on September 16th, in 1620, the Mayflower ship with 102 Pilgrims (aka English Puritans) aboard set sail from Plymouth, England to go settle in Virginia of the New World.  To celebrate this event, September 16 has been established as Mayflower Day.
Unfortunately, stormy weather and rough seas stirred the ship off course and, after a 66-day voyage, the Mayflower reached Cape Cod, Massachusetts instead.  The bad weather kept them from trying to go to the north or south, so they sailed west across the bay and settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts in November of 1620.

[ Pic of Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, MA = public domain image ]

And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance

Students across America, at school or at home, inspired by pioneers like the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, let's unite and say together. ...

​​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

​In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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