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Gooooooooood day, USA! - especially to you hard-charging student-citizens out there learning at home or school.
This is Sean Sweeney, Founder of the Flag Steward nonprofit project, leading today's Pre-Pledge ceremony. It's meant to provide us all with a moment to honor our past, reflect on the present, and unite as citizens working to continually improve America.
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This is Sean Sweeney, Founder of the Flag Steward nonprofit project, leading today's Pre-Pledge ceremony. It's meant to provide us all with a moment to honor our past, reflect on the present, and unite as citizens working to continually improve America.
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Welcome to Flag Steward's
Stories from Our Flag
for Monday, September 7, 2020
Stories from Our Flag
for Monday, September 7, 2020
Where is Our Flag, the U.S. Flag, lowered to half-staff today, September 7th?
Look at the Half-Staff Flag Map below and go to the Half-Staff Alerts page
to see where and for whom half-staff honors are being performed.
Look at the Half-Staff Flag Map below and go to the Half-Staff Alerts page
to see where and for whom half-staff honors are being performed.
[ CLICK HERE to see Half-Staff alert details, including pics, of Honorees ]
Today's Story from Our Flag
... is about Labor Day
... is about Labor Day
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Labor Day is a national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. Seen in the picture above, the first Labor Day celebration was a parade held on September 5, 1882, to showcase a variety of labor organizations in New York City (NYC). With the success and growth of the parade, labor leaders began pursuing a national 'Labor Day' holiday through the rest of the 1880s. In 1894, Congress passed and President Grover Cleveland signed a law making the first Monday in September a national holiday called Labor Day.
On this pandemic-affected Labor Day, we should show our love and appreciation for all the essential workers who "labor" to treat the sick, protect us, feed us, teach us, and so much more.
On this pandemic-affected Labor Day, we should show our love and appreciation for all the essential workers who "labor" to treat the sick, protect us, feed us, teach us, and so much more.
And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, empowered with inspiring stories from Our Flag, you can now recite the Pledge more meaningfully ;)
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, empowered with inspiring stories from Our Flag, you can now recite the Pledge more meaningfully ;)
#UnitedWeStand
#UnitedWeRecite
#UnitedWeOvercome
Please, stand, place your right hand upon your heart, and say ...
#UnitedWeRecite
#UnitedWeOvercome
Please, stand, place your right hand upon your heart, and say ...
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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Flag Steward (formerly known as Beacon of Honor and originally incorporated as GivingVu.org, Inc. in 2013) is a nonpartisan, student-inspired, Veteran-led 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit organization based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Tax ID# 46-2457373