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Updated: 6:12 PM May 22, 2009
Veteran gives special flag to school
As we head into this Memorial Day weekend, some elementary students in Irvine had a visitor with a special gift. Posted: 5:47 PM May 22, 2009 |
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As we head into this Memorial Day weekend, some elementary students in Irvine had a visitor with a special gift, and now, West Irvine has a new flag to fly.
The Pledge of Allegiance now has a deeper meaning for some Kentucky students, who learned Friday about sacrifice from a sailor who fought in the Vietnam War.
They learned to fold a flag because they got a new one from veteran Don Richardson. His daughter is a teacher here at West Irvine Elementary. She told her dad they needed a fresh flag.
So Richardson put in a call to a buddy in Washington D.C. who gave Richardson a flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol.
"I asked my daughter to hold off doing this until Memorial Day so that the significance of the flag and the date will be more meaningful for the kids," Richardson said.
So now, a flag that flew over the nation's Capitol flies over the future of that nation, teaching those who learn here the sacrifices of those who have gone before them.
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The Pledge was never intended to celebrate veterans or war. It was written by a socialist as nationalist propaganda in the post Civil-War debate about the place of nationalism in a federation of states. Conservatives were against it for that very reason. Francis Bellamy also worked for a company that sold flags and conceiving of a pledge to the flag in schools was the best marketing ploy his company ever came up with. Something they easily sold as a political tool to nationalist politicans at the federal level. http://members.cox.net/patriotismforall/index.html
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I'm proud to be a teacher at West Irvine and this was a thrill of a lifetime for all of us. The children have learned a lot about our flag and what it means. Special thanks to Mr. Richardson for this great honor and for making a school day very special. I hope that these children will grow up to have respect for our flag and what it means. It is very sad that many adults don't care about the meaning behind our flag and sure don't show any respect. I hope that our children can teach their parents to love and respect our flag. We should love and respect our flag because many men and women have given their lives so that we can be free and for all that our flag stands for. God Bless America!
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i am so glad he did this. makes me feel a very proud Great Grand Parent.i thank every one for every thing they do for our children in Estill county. i feel like "Steve" said , ''be careful liberals will ban it''.
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