[ Note: Before starting this ceremony, CLICK TO CHECK 'TODAY'S FLAG STATUS'. If your state is at half-staff, memorize the honoree's name and job/position, so you can say it within today's pre-Anthem ceremony script below. We recommend that you read aloud, in the best performance voice you have, all the ceremony text, except: do not read any text with [brackets] around it. ]
Good morning, ___(insert name of location - like "Heritage Elementary")___
Welcome to this week's
Beacon of Honor
Pre-Pledge Ceremony
[ for the week of October 22 to 28, 2017 ]
Welcome to this week's
Beacon of Honor
Pre-Pledge Ceremony
[ for the week of October 22 to 28, 2017 ]
[Note: You're welcome to play 'America the Beautiful', performed by the U.S. Army Field Band, in the background to enhance today's ceremony experience]
The 'Beacon of Honor - Awakens Our Flag' ... to Inform and Inspire Citizens ...
TODAY'S FLAG STATUS:
TODAY'S FLAG STATUS:
In our state, the Stars and Stripes flies at ___(say "full" or "half")___ staff today.
[End it here or read the following sentence if there is a half-staff in your state today]
[Optional - only say if your state is at half-staff today:]
The half-staff in our state is to honor ___(say full name of honoree)___ who served as a ___(say public servant job / position - such as firefighter, state rep, police officer, etc.)___ for our state.
[End it here or read the following sentence if there is a half-staff in your state today]
[Optional - only say if your state is at half-staff today:]
The half-staff in our state is to honor ___(say full name of honoree)___ who served as a ___(say public servant job / position - such as firefighter, state rep, police officer, etc.)___ for our state.
THIS WEEK'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... The dedication of the Statue of Liberty ...
THIS WEEK'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... The dedication of the Statue of Liberty ...
During this week in U.S. History, on October 28th of 1886, the Statue of Liberty, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. The statue, standing about 100 yards tall on its pedestal, was a gift of friendship from the French people to honor the French-American teamwork during the American Revolutionary War. On the statue's pedestal is an inscription, a poem by Emma Lazarus that welcomed immigrants to the United States with the declaration,
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
THIS WEEK'S FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS' COMMEMORATION:
During this past week, there have been no American service members killed in action during our current Global War on Terrorism.
But, during this week in American history, on October 23rd of 1983, terrorists drove a truck loaded with dynamite into the U.S. and French headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, exploding it and killing 241 U.S. service members (predominantly Marines) and 58 French paratroopers. It was deadliest single terrorist attack on American citizens overseas.
They Came in Peace
The Beirut Memorial is located on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
We honor and thank all those service members for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.
[ CLICK HERE to learn more about this tragedy and bios of many of the victims. ]
The Beirut Memorial is located on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
We honor and thank all those service members for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.
[ CLICK HERE to learn more about this tragedy and bios of many of the victims. ]
Now, please, stand, place your hand upon your heart,
and make this Pledge of Allegiance more meaningful
by honoring Our Flag and all the stories it tells.
Thanks for participating in today's Beacon of Honor - Awakens Our Flag
Pre-Pledge Ceremony
Now, go be a good citizen!!!
Pre-Pledge Ceremony
Now, go be a good citizen!!!
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END OF CEREMONY
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The U.S. Flag Code:
provides Our Flag's Rules and Regulations
[HIGHLIGHTS OF: The U.S. Flag Code stating how citizens should conduct themselves during this ceremony is below.]
Title 36, Chapter 10 PATRIOTIC CUSTOMS
National anthem; Star-Spangled Banner, conduct during playing:
During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. Men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should render the military salute at the first note of the anthem and retain this position until the last note. When the flag is not displayed, those present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed there.
Note: A new law was passed on October 30, 2008 that authorizes veterans and active-duty military not in uniform can now render the military-style hand salute during the playing of the national anthem. This publication is currently being updated to reflect the new law.
Pledge of Allegiance to the flag; manner of delivery:
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.", should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute.
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Credits: Unless otherwise noted here, photos displayed each day are public domain images, pictures by Sean Sweeney, or used by permission.
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