Welcome to Flag Steward's
Stories from Our Flag
for Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Stories from Our Flag
for Tuesday, December 1, 2020
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Today's Inspirational Quote from Our Flag
... on the anniversary of Rosa Parks refusing to move to the back, to the "colored" section, of a Montgomery public bus ...
"People always say that I didn't give up my (bus) seat because I was tired, but that isn't true.
I was not tired physically...
No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."
"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free...
so other people would be also free."
- Rosa Parks, the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"
[ Public domain image of Rosa Parks being fingerprinted after her arrest for participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott ]
"People always say that I didn't give up my (bus) seat because I was tired, but that isn't true.
I was not tired physically...
No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."
"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free...
so other people would be also free."
- Rosa Parks, the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"
[ Public domain image of Rosa Parks being fingerprinted after her arrest for participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott ]
And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, please unite and state together.
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, please 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'
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'
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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