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Committee Members:
Ronald Scharf------Tommy Shepherd------John Bird
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Nov 10th and 11th Veteran’s Day Programs
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PATRIOTIC HOLIDAYS – FLY THE FLAG
May 26, 2008 - Memorial Day (observed)
June 14, 2008 - Flag Day
July 4, 2008 - Independence Day
September 11, 2008 - Patriot Day
November 11, 2008 - Veteran’s Day
Nov 4th Election Day Committee and Program
With the permission of the parish priests within our Assembly territory;
A letter would be included in the Sunday Bulletin or handed out in front
of church after all Masses.
Several corporations will be requested to assist
with the printing, approximately 1000 for each of our parishes; posting of
Knight’s of Columbus voting posters in church and schools, and driver’s for
voters needing help to polling places.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Coordinator Sir Knight Phil Moore
Church of the Incarnation - Coordinator Sir Knight Mike Carrasco
St Bridgid - Coordinator Sir Knight Tommy Shepherd
Holy Spirit - Coordinator Sir Knights Stan Schulz and David Guntert
Nov 10th and 11th Veteran’s Day Programs
Schools – Church of the Incarnation and Our lady of Perpetual Help
Assisted Living facilities - Carestone, Bartlett and Belmont, Memphis
Air Port Banner – Welcome Home Heroes
February/March - Patriotism Essay Contest for the Church of the Incarnation School and Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, theme is “The Responsibility of the Catholic Citizen in a Free Society”.
VA Hospital Program –We need Sir Knights for volunteers at the hospital, couple hours per week.Click Here for more Info
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*Knights of Columbus Essay contest winners*
"The Responsibility of the Catholic Citizen in a Free Society"
at Church of Incarnation School, Collierville
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"The Responsibility of the Catholic Citizen in a Free Society"
at O.L.P.H. School, Germantown
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Holy Cross Assembly and the Silver Foxes award the Patriotic Award to the Madonna Learning Center (school for the mentally challenged children) for their Patriotic Art Contest
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Sir Knights
Create, promote and activate Patriotic programs with National Loyalty to our Flag and Country with
service to our Veterans. To promote legislation and to protect the American Flag is serious objective
of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. The pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States
originated on Columbus Day, 1892. On April 22, 1951, the Board of Directors of the Knights of
Columbus adopted a resolution to amend the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States to
include the words “under God” after the words “one nation”. On August 20, 1953, the resolution was
sent to the President, Vice President and Speaker of the House and to every member of the
Houses of Congress.
The resolution passed both Houses of Congress and it was signed by President Eisenhower on
August 17,1954. In the same year the Illinois American Legion Convention adopted a resolution
whereby recognition was given to the Knights of Columbus as having initiated, sponsored and brought
about the amendment to the Pledge of Allegiance and on October 6, 1954. The National Executive
Committee of the American legion gave its approval to the resolution.
I am the Flag
by Ruth Apperson Rous
I am the flag of the United States of
America.
I was born on June 14, 1777, in Philadelphia.
There the Continental Congress adopted my
stars and stripes as the national flag.
My thirteen stripes alternating red and white, with a union of thirteen white
stars in a field of blue, represented a new constellation, a new nation dedicated
to the personal and religious liberty of mankind.
Today fifty stars signal from my union, one for each of the fifty sovereign states in the
greatest constitutional republic the world has ever known.
My colors symbolize the patriotic ideals and spiritual qualities of the citizens of my
country.
My red stripes proclaim the fearless courage and integrity of American men and boys and the
self-sacrifice and devotion of American mothers and daughters.
My white stripes stand for liberty and equality for all.
My blue is the blue of heaven, loyalty, and faith.
I represent these eternal principles: liberty, justice, and humanity.
I embody American freedom: freedom of speech, religion, assembly, the press, and the sanctity
of the home.
I typify that indomitable spirit of determination brought to my land by Christopher Columbus
and by all my forefathers - the Pilgrims, Puritans, settlers at James town and Plymouth.
I am as old as my nation.
I am a living symbol of my nation's law: the Constitution of the United States and the Bill
of Rights.
I voice Abraham Lincoln's philosophy: "A government of the people, by the people,for the
people."
I stand guard over my nation's schools, the seedbed of good citizenship and true patriotism.
I am displayed in every schoolroom throughout my nation; every schoolyard has a flag pole for
my display.
Daily thousands upon thousands of boys and girls pledge their allegiance to me and my country.
I have my own law—Public Law 829, "The Flag Code" - which definitely states my correct use
and display for all occasions and situations.
I have my special day, Flag Day. June 14 is set aside to honor my birth.
Americans, I am the sacred emblem of your country. I symbolize your birthright, your heritage
of liberty purchased with blood and sorrow.
I am your title deed of freedom, which is yours to enjoy and hold in trust for posterity.
If you fail to keep this sacred trust inviolate, if I am nullified and destroyed, you and your children will become slaves to dictators and despots.
Eternal vigilance is your price of freedom.
As you see me silhouetted against the peaceful skies of my country, remind yourself that I am
the flag of your country, that I stand for what you are - no more, no less.
Guard me well, lest your freedom perish from the earth.
Dedicate your lives to those principles for which I stand: "One nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all."
I was created in freedom. I made my first appearance in a battle for human liberty.
God grant that I may spend eternity in my "land of the free and the home of the brave" and
that I shall ever be known as "Old Glory,"
The flag of the United States of America.
The First Flag-Raising
Scott Tank sent us this eyewitness account of Cpl. Charles W. Lindberg, a friend
and the last surviving member of the team that raised the first flag on the crest of
Mt. Suribachi. Scott asked that we share Mr. Lindberg's story with you - we are honored
to do so. Thank you Scott for sending us this account, and thank you Mr. Lindberg for the
sacrifices you made during that bloody nightmare called Iwo Jima:
Buzz Aldrin with U.S. flag on the Moon.
Buzz salutes the U.S. Flag. His fingertips are visible on the far side of his faceplate.
The 7 December 1941 Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor was one of the great defining moments in history.
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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a historic photograph taken on February 23,
1945, by Joe Rosenthal. It depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman
raising the flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during the
Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
Images of brave FDNY
firefighters on Sept. 11th
3 firefighters raising
U.S. flag at Ground Zero.
Click Here for a 911 Tribute.
Vietnam War Memorial with American Flag.
military conflict (1954–1975) between the Communist forces of North Vietnam
supported by China and the Soviet Union and the non-Communist forces of South
Vietnam supported by the United States.
The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic men's fraternal benefit society that was formed
to render financial aid to members and their families. Mutual aid and assistance are
offered to sick, disabled and needy members and their families. Social and intellectual
fellowship is promoted among members and their families through educational, charitable,
religious, social welfare, war relief and public relief works.
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