Welcome to Flag Steward's
Stories from Our Flag :)
for Wednesday, October 21, 2020​​​
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Today's Story from Our Flag
... a music (sounds!?) pioneer ...
Dizzy Gillespie, pictured above on the left with the trumpet, once said, "I don't care much about music.  What I like are sounds."  Well, interestingly, the "sounds" he made with his trumpet and instrumental bandmates in the mid-1940s established a new style of music called "bebop."  Now considered one of the founding fathers of modern jazz, Dizzy Gillespie was born on this date, October 21, in 1917.  Amazingly, he taught himself how to play the trombone and trumpet by age 10.  He went on to become one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time and was recognized for his extremely puffy cheeks when he played.  
And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, inspired by pioneers like Dizzy Gillespie, who worked hard and taught himself to be one of the greatest trumpet players of all time, let's unite and state 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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