[ Pre-Pledge Tribute for week of Nov 18 - 24 ]
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Good morning / afternoon / evening, __(insert name of your group - like "Heritage Elementary" or "Scout Troop")__.
Welcomes to the 'Thanksgiving Week' Pre-Pledge Tribute
powered by Flag Steward
[ for the week of Nov 18 - 24 ]
[ Note: Do not read aloud any text with [ brackets ] around it. ONLY READ THE TEXT IN BLUE. We recommend 3 speakers lead and read aloud the 3 parts of the pre-Pledge ceremony. ]
[ SPEAKER 1 - read blue text only]
Good morning / afternoon / evening, __(insert name of your group - like "Heritage Elementary" or "Scout Troop")__.
Welcomes to the 'Thanksgiving Week' Pre-Pledge Tribute
powered by Flag Steward
[ for the week of Nov 18 - 24 ]
Today's Flag Status
[ for Nov 24, 2018 ]
Across America, the US Flag flies at full staff, except in NY, IL, and GA.
[ for Nov 24, 2018 ]
Across America, the US Flag flies at full staff, except in NY, IL, and GA.
[ GO HERE to find details about the state half-staffs ]
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THIS WEEK'S FALLEN PATRIOTS TO HONOR:
THIS WEEK'S FALLEN PATRIOTS TO HONOR:
Thankfully, there were no US service members killed in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) this past week.
So, we're paying tribute to the men lost in America's most costly battle - the Battle of Gettysburg. Approximately 46,000 to 51,000 soldiers were killed or injured during the 3-day fight in Pennsylvania - which is considered the turning point for the Union to win the Civil War.
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THIS WEEK'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... One of America's most famous speeches ever ...
THIS WEEK'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... One of America's most famous speeches ever ...
During this week, on November 19th of 1863, President Abe Lincoln delivered his famed 'Gettysburg Address.' The speech, which was only 272 words took about 2 minutes to state - reinforcing what democracy, and the current war to defend it, was all about. Now, it's your turn to recite it.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Now, please, stand, place your hand upon your heart, and make this Pledge of Allegiance more meaningful
by honoring Our Flag and all the inspiring stories it tells - like that of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Thanks for participating in today's
Flag Steward Pre-Pledge Tribute
Now, go be a good citizen!!!
Thanks for participating in today's
Flag Steward Pre-Pledge Tribute
Now, go be a good citizen!!!
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In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
END OF CEREMONY
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In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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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