May 21, 2011
Armed Forces Day honors those Americans who are, today, protecting our freedom, under arms, in the U.S. military services.
Veterans Day honors those who protected us in the past. Memorial Day honors those who died in our nation’s service, and those veterans who have passed on. Armed Forces Day honors and celebrates living Americans, to whom we owe immediate thanks.
Fly your flag today in their honor. Today is Armed Forces Day 2011.
The slogan on this year’s poster: Our Troops, and Those Supporting Them Back Home, Are United in Strength.
2011 Armed Forces Day poster
Previously, in Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub:
Spread the word; friends don't allow friends to repeat history.
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Posted by Ed Darrell
January 1, 2009
Almost forgot to mention that New Year’s Day is one of the designated “fly your U.S. flag” days.
But you knew that, right? (See 4 USC 1, sec. 6.)
Literally flying the flag -- Lt. Col. Chris Ashby sits in an F-16 Fighting Falcon and displays the U.S. flag before departing on a combat mission over Iraq, Jan. 29 from Balad Air Base, Iraq. Colonel Ashby is the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing chief of Safety deployed from the 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. (U. S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)
Spread the word; friends don't allow friends to repeat history.
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Posted by Ed Darrell
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