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Reminders from Our Flag
for Friday, December ??, 2017
​​[Note:  As you're reviewing today's 'Reminders from Our Flag', you're welcome to play this patriotic music in the background to enhance the experience]
We start this #FlagDayFriday by announcing that ..
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... across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff -except in Georgia and Alaska.  In GA, the half-staff flies today and on Saturday in commemoration of the Honorable John Yates, former District 73 Representative in the Georgia House of Representatives.
And, in AK, the half-staff honors U.S. Army Staff Sergeant David Brabander, who died on December 11 while deployed in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.
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​The Beacon of Honor - Awakens Our Flag ... to Inform and Inspire Patriotic Citizens ... 
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On this 'Flag Day Friday' we celebrate the ratification (approval) of the first 10 amendments (changes) to the U.S. Constitution - known as the 'Bill of Rights' which occurred OTD in 1791.  Review this week's pre-Pledge or pre-Anthem Ceremony, by CLICKING HERE, to learn more about this event.

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​​TODAY'S FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER COMMEMORATION
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During this past week of Global War on Terrorism (OIF/OEF) combat operations, mostly in Iraq and Afghanistan, there was one soldier killed in a non-combat related incident.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant David Thomas Brabander
Died December 11, 2017 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
24, of Anchorage, Alaska, was deployed with the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska; died in a non-combat vehicle incident.
[summary courtesy of Military Times' Honor the Fallen website]
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We honor and thank David Thomas Brabander for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.​

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​​'Be a good citizen' today by ... 
... picking up and disposing of 2 pieces of trash that will help
keep America beautiful !!!

Now, go be a good citizen!!!​
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