FReeper Canteen ~ Pledge of Allegiance ~ 20 June 2024

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Pledge of Allegiance~
Recognized by Congress (1942)

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Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

Col. George T. Balch

The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States is a patriotic recited verse that promises allegiance to the flag of the United States and the republic of the United States of America. The first version, with a text different from the one used at present, was written in 1885 by Captain George Thatcher Balch, a Union Army officer in the Civil War who later authored a book on how to teach patriotism to children in public schools

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Red Skelton and The Pledge Of Allegiance

Neil Diamond ~ America

The Gaithers ~ I Pledge My Allegiance

Rev Francis Bellamy

The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy (1855-1931), a Baptist minister, a Christian socialist and the cousin of socialist utopian novelist Edward Bellamy (1850-1898). Bellamy's original "Pledge of Allegiance" was published in the September 8th issue of the popular children's magazine The Youth’s Companion as part of the National Public-School Celebration of Columbus Day, a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of America, conceived by James B Upham. Bellamy's original Pledge read, "I Pledge Allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all."

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[PROCON]

Hi Kathy, and thanks for tonight’s Canteen!

[lightman]

Mega Dittos!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...hope you are having a nice early summer week.

We are high 60s and low 70s...HOT!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Pledge of Allegiance ~

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening,lightman...

How are you doing on rain now?

We are still waiting for a lengthy cleansing rain.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...are you and Blue able to go to lessons? Does Tippy ever get to go?

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Tippy doesn’t ride the bike, but she loves to ride in the car...especially to her trainer’s house for “Socials”. She loves her two buddies, King, a german Shepherd, and Cheerio, a Fox Terrier.

[SkyDancer]

~ The Ribbon I Wear Is Our Flag Year Round, I Don't Need A Special Day To Show It ~

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~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[lightman]

Ditto!

No significant precip other than some VERY heavy dews since June 5.

God provides...tomato laves are designed (NOT by “a tornado in a junkyard”—thank you!) to carry every last dtoplet of dew to the plant’s stem and roots.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hump Day! Ready for some sleep tonight?

Was wondering if I’d make it in tonight. Commiecast has been down here since early afternoon and FINALLY just came back on. No TV or ‘net and it drove me nuts. LOL

[The Mayor]

June 20

New and Certain

Bible in a Year :

• Esther 1-2
• Acts 5:1-21

His compassions never fail. They are new every morning.

Lamentations 3:22-23

For three years, apart from household necessities, Susan didn’t buy anything for herself. The Covid-19 pandemic affected my friend’s income, and she embraced a simple lifestyle. “One day, while cleaning my apartment, I noticed how shabby and faded my things looked,” she shared. “That’s when I started to miss having new things—the sense of freshness and excitement. My surroundings seemed tired and stale. I felt as if there was nothing to look forward to.”

Susan found encouragement in an unlikely book in the Bible. Written by Jeremiah after Jerusalem fell to Babylon, Lamentations describes the open wound of grief suffered by the prophet and the people. In the midst of grief’s despair, however, lies sure ground for hope─God’s love. "His compassions never fail,” Jeremiah wrote. “They are new every morning” (3:22-23).

Susan was reminded that God’s deep love relentlessly breaks through anew each day. When circumstances make us feel there’s no longer anything to look forward to, we can call to mind His faithfulness and look forward to how He’ll provide for us. We can confidently hope in God, knowing our hoping is never in vain (vv. 24-25) because it’s secured in His steadfast love and compassion.

“God’s love is my ‘something new’ each day,” Susan says. “I can look ahead with hope.”

Reflect & Pray

When have you felt unable to see any hope in your situation? How does the promise of God’s love as “new every morning” give you hope?

Thank You, dear God, because each day brings with it Your certain, steadfast love.

Deal head-on with pain and pressure in this study.

[luvie]

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Still pretty breezy there this evening?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...same here.

Did you get the drive the parachute plane? Are you ubering to and from hot country?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Glad the heavy dew is helping some.

[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

When I went out to feed the cats it was, and I just asked hubby and he said yes. I’m reeeeeeally tired of it. But it is cooler, so there is that. :)

Is it still dry over there?