The good old days;)
That's a flamethrower,were is his backpack?
Posted on 06/18/2010 4:02:32 PM PDT by mdittmar
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Rhode Island boy whose school banned a hat he made because the toy soldiers on it carried tiny guns was awarded a medal on Friday for his patriotic efforts.
Lt. Gen. Reginald Centracchio, the retired head of the Rhode Island National Guard, gave 8-year-old David Morales a medal called a challenge coin during an appearance on WPRO-AM's John DePetro show.
Centracchio said the second-grader should be thanked for recognizing veterans and soldiers.
"You did nothing wrong, and you did an outstanding job," he said. "We can only hope that kids of your caliber will continue to defend this country."
Centracchio also gave David a certificate that allows him to call himself a brigadier general.
David was assigned to make a hat last week for a project at the Tiogue School in Coventry. He chose a patriotic theme and glued plastic Army figures to a camouflage baseball cap. But school officials said the hat ran afoul of their no-weapons policy because the Army men held tiny guns.
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At kindergarten in the 50’s, we had to leave our gun belts in a chair by the door.
They could probably arrange something for this boy that he will remember for the rest of his life. A meeting with a Medal of Honor recipient!
Only 90 are still alive. That is, one MoH recipient for every 3.44 million Americans. The odds of meeting one are very small for most people.
The oldest living MoH recipient just passed away at 100 years of age.
He also lived in Rhode Island, this boy’s home State.
No idea if there are any more surviving MoH recipients who live in Rhode Island. But I will give you odds, if there is one living anywhere near, he would be glad to meet a patriotic boy.
The teacher is a leftist.
The teacher banned the hat.
Only a mentally ill person would ban such a hat.
Leftism is a mental illness.
Q.E.D.
And this appears to be one of your typical private New England schools ... why has this particular part of the country chosen to go so far off the left side? California, I can understand, but the founding colonies?
That's a flamethrower,were is his backpack?
These libs are hell bent on destroying OUR Country. As my friend always tells me, “just keep buying ammo..”.
Agreed!
What happens when that school has to call the police because of some emergency? The cops leave their guns off the grounds?
Between that, and this 2nd grade kid, I find that there IS hope for America!
“At kindergarten in the 50’s, we had to leave our gun belts in a chair by the door.”
I was the only one carrying so no one messed with me, not even the teacher.
> “He looks dangerous to me!” <
Future Commandant of the Marine Corps!
The good old days are gone. Now we just have flaming gays wearing fanny packs.
hhmmm....my flamethrower army guy had the two tanks on his back
He should have just pointed out that the red soldier on his hat was a communist from Russia, then the school would have loved it /s
BTW what’s with the tans on his hat, everyone knows the tans are the baddies :)
More seriously though good for this kid glad the military took an interest and did this for him, so he knows his efforts are appreciated by the people who count.
Lt. Gen. Reginald Centracchio retired head of the Rhode Island National Guard gives 8-year-old David Morales a medal called a challenge coin during an appearance on WPRO-AM's John DePetro show.
I am glad to see that they did this to support the boy's patriotism.
It was a really neat thing to do.
I had to look up what a challenge coin was.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin
...The tradition of a challenge is the most common way to ensure that members are carrying their unit's coin...
The challenge, which can be made at any time, begins with the challenger drawing his/her coin, and slapping or placing the coin on the table or bar. In noisy environs, continuously rapping the challenge coin on a surface may initiate the challenge. (Accidentally dropping a challenge coin is considered to be a deliberate challenge to all present.) Everyone being challenged must immediately produce the coin for their organization and anyone failing to do so must buy a round of drinks for the challenger and everyone else who has their challenge coin. However, should everyone challenged be able to produce their coin, the challenger must buy a round of drinks for the group.
You learn something new on FR every day.
Yep, You sure do.
Most any FReeper who has been in the US military since around 1969 could have told you.
You know the rules?
I also never went out to the clubs - preferring instead to spend my free time by myself. Maybe that's why. Or maybe I just wasn't paying attention and missed it...
Thank you for posting the link to this more complete explanation of The Rules.
Guess I owe you a round?
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