Listed below are:

Third to Fifth Grade Program for Public School

and

Third to Fifth Grade Program for Non-Public School

 

 

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A SALUTE

TO THE

GREATEST NATION

IN THE WORLD

THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA

 

An

Inspirational and Motivational Program

To

Teach Our Children

The

True Meaning and Significance

Of

OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE

PRINCIPLES AND PATRIOTISM

 

 Third to Fifth Grade Program

For Public School

 

 

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Petty Officer Jim Cava, United States Navy Retired

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(Thirty-five minutes)

 

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 FOREVER THANKFUL

 

My fellow Americans

If one - if only one Good and Brave Patriotic American

Made-up of any one race, color and creed

Has served us!  Has saved us!  

Has helped us!  Has protected us!

Has suffered for us!  And has died for us!

To preserve our great Republic

To uphold the undeniable principles for which we stand

And to defend the unalienable rights to which all people are endowed by their Creator

Shouldn't we be forever thankful to Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic American?

 

My fellow Patriotic Americans

Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Good and Brave Patriotic Americans

Our true American Patriots Our true American Heroes

Made-up of all races, colors and creeds

Have served us!  Are serving us!  Have saved us!  Are saving us! 

Have helped us!  Are helping us!  Have protected us!   Are protecting us! 

Have suffered for us!  Are suffering for us!  Have died for us!  And are dying for us!

To preserve our great Republic

To uphold the undeniable principles for which we stand

And to defend the unalienable rights to which all people are endowed by their Creator

 

The following Patriotic Program is dedicated

To the hundreds and hundreds of thousands of:

Our Good and Brave Patriotic Americans

Our true American Patriots Our true American Heroes

 

 

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My fellow Americans

Today is a special day because today you will learn:

Why our country

The United States of America is great! 

And why you are great!

 

To begin our patriotic program, please stand as together

United-As-One

We pledge allegiance to our country:

The United States of America

 

My fellow Americans

Please look at our flag and place your hands on your hearts?  

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

 

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

I pledge allegiance

to the Flag
of the United States of America
and to the Republic

for which it stands
one nation under God
indivisible

with liberty and justice for all

 

That was great!

Give yourselves a big heartfelt round of applause!

 

 

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Patriotism is love and loyal support for one’s country.

 

American Patriotism is love for the Americans who founded our country

And the undeniable principles she stands-for:

 

  HONOR

To Be Good

 

LIBERTY

To Be Free

 

EQUALITY

To Be One

 

JUSTICE

To Be Fair

 

HUMANITY

To Be Kind

 

American Patriotism is love for the Americans who respect our principles

And love for the Americans who defend our country.

And American Patriotism is loyal support for our very American Principles

 

Our American Principles show us the way:

To do - What is Right!

To be - A Person of Good Character !

And To be - All That We Can Be by Learning and Respecting!

 

Our American Principles and Good Americans are what make our country great.

Our American Principles and Good Americans are what American Patriotism is all about.

 

We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all people are created equal
That all people are made the same
With a Heart!  And a Soul! 
With a Body!  And a Mind!

That no one is better than you are

That you are no better then someone else

That it is wrong to bully someone else
That it is wrong to make-fun-of someone else
That all people are endowed by their Creator
With certain unalienable, natural, rights

That among these natural rights are:

LIFE

The right for all people to Live

 

LIBERTY

The right for all people to be Free

 

And the pursuit of HAPPINESS

The right for all people to be Happy

 

And we do want to be Happy - Don't we?

Of course we do!

Give yourselves a big heartfelt round of applause!

 

With the Declaration of Independence

Our forefathers proclaimed to the whole world

 Their strong belief in the basic rights of all people

And a new and free nation was born, our country:

The United States of America.

 

The Constitution of our country

The law of our land

Promises

That the basic rights of all people

Will be respected and protected.

 

To quote our Sixteenth President - Abraham Lincoln

This is what that great man said to us in his famous Gettysburg Address

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - November 19, 1863

“And that government

Of the people

By the people

For the people

Shall not perish, disappear, from the earth.”

                                                                                                    ~  Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President (1861-1865)

Let's hear it for:

Our Sixteenth President - Abraham Lincoln

 
The United States is:
The land of the free and the home of the brave
And truly the greatest nation in the world.

 

Please sing along with me
AMERICA

 

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American Patriotism is respect-for that which is Right:

Respect-for that which is: Correct!  Proper!  Decent!  Honest!  And True!

 

Respect is a big part of life!

To respect someone or something means:

To think of someone or something as - Good! 

To think of someone or something as - Very Important!

And To give that someone or something - Special Attention!

 

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Our Creator

Our country - The United States of America

And the symbol of her greatness and all that she stands-for, our flag:
The Star Spangled Banner

 

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Your Loving Parents

And

Your Good Principal and Teachers

Let's hear it for:

Your Loving Parents and Your Good Principal and Teachers

 

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Veterans

Police Officers and Fire Fighters - First Aid and Ambulance Personnel

American Patriotism is respect-for:

The Disabled

Younger Americans and Senior Citizens - Honest Workers and Kind Volunteers

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Yourself by being - A Person of Good Character!

 

American Patriotism is knowing:

You are the highest of all creation!

“A-Number-One”
Made perfectly!
With a Heart!  And a Soul!
With a Body!  And a Mind!
American Patriotism is knowing:
You have the greatest treasure on earth

“The Gift-of-Life”

 Born magnificently!

With Goodness!  Intelligence! 

And Potentiality! - Your very own Extraordinary Power!

 

American Patriotism is knowing:

You are a Person!  

You are Somebody!  You are Special!

You are Important!  You are Great!  You are an American!

 

American Patriotism is believing: In your Country and in Yourself!

Being-responsible-for: The things you say and do!

Being-thankful-for: Who you are!  And Taking-hold-of: Your power!

 

American Patriotism is Trying-your-best:

To do - What is Right!

To be - A Person of Good Character! 

To be All-That-You-Can-Be by Learning and Respecting!

To see - Your American Dream come true! 

And To feel - Pride in your Country and in Yourself!

 

American Patriotism is knowing:

Smoking cigarettes will damage - Your Healthful Life!

Drinking alcohol will weaken - Your Powerful Life!

Using violence will injure - Precious Life!

Taking drugs will waste:

Your Healthful Life!  Your Powerful Life!  Your Precious Life!  Your Only Life! 

 

American Patriotism is really a good way of living.

 

To quote the father of our country and our First President - George Washington

This is what that great man said to us.

Let us raise a standard, a way of living,

to which wise and honest people can repair;

everything else we keep in the hands of God.”

                                                                                                                        ~  George Washington, First President (1789-1797)

Let's hear it for:

The father of our country and our First President - George Washington

So be a patriot

Help renew patriotism and Increase Americanism as a Patriot

In you, in every one of you lie: America's future! America’s destiny!

 

Please sing along with me

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

 

 

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My fellow Americans

We shall never, never, never forget

Our many Good and Brave Patriotic American men and women

Our true American Patriots Our true American Heroes

Made-up of all races, colors and creeds

Who have given and who are giving unselfishly of themselves in service to our country!

To save us!  To help us!  And To protect us!

To protect our basic rights and the basic rights of all people!

And To defend our country and the principles she stands-for!

To all who have bravely served and to all who are bravely serving our country with honor!  

We are forever thankful to them and we shall always hold their patriotism close to our hearts.

Would the Good and Brave Patriotic Americans present who have served or who are serving:

Our country in The Armed Forces and/or the Public Safety of the United States, please come forward?

My fellow patriots as you present yourself please state:

Your name - your rank and your branch and/or department of service as I do:

Jim Cava, Petty Officer Third Class, United States Navy Retired

 

My fellow Americans

Standing before us are no ordinary Americans - They are special Americans.

They are special Americans:

Because they have bravely served (and are bravely serving) our country with honor!

They are special Americans:

Because they have given (and are giving) unselfishly of themselves in service to our country!

They are special Americans:

Because without Good and Brave Patriotic Americans like them our great country would not exist!

 Let us show our respect

To our real American Patriots To our real American Heroes

With a big heartfelt round of applause

My fellow Americans / My fellow Patriots

We all thank you for your love and loyal support of our country:

The United States of America

 

Let us now show our respect

To all our real American Patriots To all our real American Heroes

Not professional baseball players - football players - hockey players - tennis players

Basketball players - golfers - not boxers and wrestlers - not movie stars - not rock stars

But our real American Hero’s

Who have bravely served and who are bravely serving our country

In the Armed Forces and the Public Safety of the United States

With a big heartfelt round of applause after I sound off each branch and department.

                                                                           

Let's hear it for:

The United States Navy     Anchors Aweigh

The United States Marine Corps      The Marines Hymn

The United States Army      The Caissons Go Rolling Along

The United States Air Force    The U.S. Air Force

The United States Coast Guard     Semper Paratus

The United States Merchant Marines

The Army National Guard

The Air National Guard

The Police Department of The United States

The Fire Department of the United States

The First Aid and Ambulance Corps of The United States

To all the Americans who risk their lives everyday for our country

And to all truehearted Americans

 

 

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The greatest treasure we have is:
“The Gift-of-Life”

 

My fellow Americans

There is no greater love

than for a Good and Brave Patriotic American

to lay down his or her precious life

So that we could live

The Best Life Possible

 My fellow Americans

Please stand 

At this time, let us show our respect

To Our many Good and Brave Patriotic Americans

 Who died for our country, for us, in the line-of-duty!

To save us!

To help us!  And To protect us!

To protect our basic rights and the basic rights of all people!

And To defend our country and the principles she stands-for!

To quote our Sixteenth President - Abraham Lincoln

This is what that great man said to us in his famous Gettysburg Address

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - November 19, 1863

“That from these honored dead we take increased devotion

to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.

That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.”

                                                                                                          ~  Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President (1861-1865)

 

My fellow Americans

Please place your hands on your hearts for the singing of:

 

TAPS

 

 

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We are One Family! 

We are a Good Family!  We are a Great Family! 

We are “The American Family”

United-As-One

Let us love and support

Our Good Country and Our Good Brothers and Sisters

As together we sing:

 

GOD BLESS AMERICA

 

 

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My fellow Americans

All that Our Creator

Our Good Country

Your Loving Parents

Your Good Principal and Teachers

Ask of you is that you Try-your-best:

To do - What is Right! 

To be - A Person of Good Character!

And To be - All That You Can Be by Learning and Respecting!

This is all that you can ask of yourself.

You are a Person! 

You are Somebody!  You are Special!

You are Important!  You are Great!  You are an American!

You can make your very own Special Dream come true!  

 

CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN

 

 

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Knowing:

That you are the highest of all creation

“A-Number-One”

Made perfectly!

With a Heart!  And a Soul! 

With a Body!  And a Mind!

That you have the greatest treasure on earth

“The Gift-of-Life”

Born magnificently!

With Goodness!  Intelligence! 

And Potentiality! - Your very own Extraordinary Power!

That you are a Person! 

That you are Somebody!  That you are Special! 

That you are Important!  That you are Great!  That you are an American!

 

I would like to ask you four important questions:

w Are you willing to respect your Creator?

w Are you willing to respect your country and the undeniable principles she stands-for?

w Are you willing to respect yourself by:

Trying-your-best

To do - What is Right? 

To be - A Person of Good Character?

And To be - All That You Can Be by Learning and Respecting!

w And Are you willing to give your Word of Honor by taking: The American Patriot Pledge?

Those who are willing to take this very special pledge, please stand?

 

Knowing:

That you are the highest of all creation “A-Number-One” made perfectly!  

That you have the greatest treasure on earth “The Gift-of-Life” born magnificently!  

And that you are part of a great family “Our American Family”

Should give you a most wonderful feeling deep inside. 

I would like you to express that wonderful feeling by saying your first and last name out loud.

Please say your first and last name out loud right now!

Now please repeat after me: Where I say my name - you say your name!

 

 

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THE AMERICAN PATRIOT PLEDGE

 

I _________________________________, do hereby pledge

To be an American Patriot

To love and support my Good Country and my Good Brothers and Sisters

To be a Good Citizen and to respect that which is Right:

To respect that which is: Correct!  Proper!  Decent!  Honest!  And True! 

 

To respect:

My Creator

My Country - The United States of America

HONOR - To Be Good LIBERTY - To Be Free

EQUALITY - To Be One JUSTICE - To Be Fair HUMANITY - To Be Kind

And the symbol of her greatness and all that she stands-for, my flag - The Star Spangled Banner

To respect:

 My Loving Parents

My Good:

Principal and Teachers

Veterans - Police Officers - Fire Fighters - First Aid and Ambulance Personnel

To respect:

The Disabled

Younger Americans - Senior Citizens - Honest Workers and Kind Volunteers

To respect:

Myself by being - A Person of Good Character!

 

To know:

That all people are created equal - That all people are made the same

 With a Heart!  And a Soul! 

With a Body!  And a Mind!

That no one is better than I am / That I am no better then someone else

That it is wrong to bully someone else / That it is wrong to make-fun-of someone else

To know:

That all people are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable, natural, rights

That among these natural rights are:

LIFE - The right for all people to Live

LIBERTY - The right for all people to be Free

And the pursuit of HAPPINESS - The right for all people to be Happy

 

To know:

I am the highest of all creation “A-Number-One” made perfectly!

With a Heart!  And a Soul! 

With a Body!  And a Mind!

To know:

I have the greatest treasure on earth “The Gift-of-Life” born magnificently!

With Goodness!  Intelligence! 

And Potentiality! - My very own Extraordinary Power!

 

To know:

I am a Person! 

I am Somebody!  I am Special!

I am Important!  I am Great!  I am an American!

 

To believe: In my Country and in Myself!

To be-responsible-for: The things I say and do!

To be-thankful-for: Who I am!  And To take-hold-of: My power!

 

To try-my-best:

To do - What is Right! 

To be - A Person of Good Character! 

To be All-That-I-Can-Be by Learning and Respecting!

To see - My American Dream come true!  And To feel - Pride in my Country and in Myself!

 

To know:

Smoking cigarettes will damage - My Healthful Life!

Drinking alcohol will weaken - My Powerful Life!

Using violence will injure - Precious Life!

Taking drugs will waste:

My Healthful Life!  My Powerful Life!  My Precious Life!  My Only Life! 

 

And this I pledge with all my Heart.

 

 

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Today is really a special day

Because today you have learned:

Why our country, the United States of America, is great! 

And why you are great!

And because today you have pledged with your loving hearts:

To do - What is Right! 

To be - A Person of Good Character!

And To be - All That You Can Be by Learning and Respecting!

With all my heart:

I congratulate you!  I thank you!  And I salute you!   
And you have to be special for me to salute you.

And you are Special!

Now, I would like you to tell yourselves and the whole world that you are great!

Please repeat after me:

I AM GREAT!  I AM GREAT!  I AM GREAT! 

Yes, you are great!

Please do not forget that. 

 

And please do not forget this

Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Good and Brave Patriotic Americans

Our true American Patriots Our true American Heroes

Made-up of all races, colors and creeds

Have served us!  Are serving us!  Have saved us!  Are saving us! 

Have helped us!  Are helping us!  Have protected us!   Are protecting us! 

Have suffered for us!  Are suffering for us!  Have died for us!  And are dying for us!

To preserve our great Republic

To uphold the undeniable principles for which we stand

And to defend the unalienable rights to which all people are endowed by their Creator

 

Let us always be thankful to Our Good and Brave Patriotic Americans

And let us always try to live what Our Good and Brave Patriotic American Heroes

Have served for!  Have suffered for!  And have died for! 

 

My fellow Americans

This ends our patriotic program

Give yourselves a big heartfelt round of applause.

 

 

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Petty Officer Jim Cava

United States Navy Retired

“The Patriotic Voice of America

Corpsman / 5th Marines, Vietnam 1968

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American Patriotism breeds:

Courage Friendship Loyalty Morality Responsibility Strength

 

 

 

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A SALUTE
TO THE
GREATEST NATION
IN THE WORLD
THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
 

ONE NATION UNDER GOD

 
 
An
Inspirational and Motivational Program
To
Teach Our Children
The
True Meaning and Significance
Of
OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE
PRINCIPLES AND PATRIOTISM
 
Third to Fifth Grade Program
For Non-Public School

 

_______________________________________________________________________
 
Petty Officer Jim Cava, United States Navy Retired
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(Thirty-five minutes)
 
 
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 FOREVER THANKFUL

 

My fellow Americans

If one - if only one  Good and Brave Patriotic American

Made-up of any one race, color and creed

Has served us!  Has saved us!  

Has helped us!  Has protected us!

Has suffered for us!  And has died for us!

To preserve our great Republic

To uphold the undeniable principles for which we stand

And to defend the unalienable rights to which all people are endowed by their Creator

Shouldn't we be forever thankful to Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic American?

 

My fellow Americans

Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Good and Brave Patriotic Americans

Made-up of all races, colors and creeds

Have served us!  Are serving us!  Have saved us!  Are saving us! 

Have helped us!  Are helping us!  Have protected us!   Are protecting us! 

Have suffered for us!  Are suffering for us!  Have died for us!  And are dying for us!

To preserve our great Republic

To uphold the undeniable principles for which we stand

And to defend the unalienable rights to which all people are endowed by their Creator

 
 
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My fellow Americans
Today is a special day because today you will learn:
Why our country
The United States of America is great! 
And why you are great!
 

To begin our patriotic program, please stand as together

United-As-One

We pledge allegiance to our country:

The United States of America

 

My fellow Americans

Please look at our flag and place your hands on your hearts?  

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

 

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

I pledge allegiance

to the Flag
of the United States of America
and to the Republic

for which it stands
one nation under God
indivisible

with liberty and justice for all

 

That was great!

Give yourselves a big heartfelt round of applause!

 
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Patriotism is love and loyal support for one’s country.
 
American Patriotism is love for the Americans who founded our country
And the undeniable principles she stands-for:
 
  HONOR
To Be Good
 
LIBERTY
To Be Free
 
EQUALITY
To Be One
 
JUSTICE
To Be Fair
 
HUMANITY
To Be Kind

American Patriotism is love for the Americans who respect our principles

And love for the Americans who defend our country.

And American Patriotism is loyal support for our very American Principles

 

Our American Principles show us the way:

To do - What is Right!

To be - A Person of Good Character !

And To be - All That We Can Be by Learning and Respecting!

 

Our American Principles and Good Americans are what make our country great.

Our American Principles and Good Americans are what American Patriotism is all about.

 

We hold these truths to be self-evident

That all people are created equal

That all people are made the same

With a Heart!  And a Soul!

With a Body!  And a Mind!

That no one is better than you are

That you are no better then someone else

That it is wrong to bully someone else

That it is wrong to make-fun-of someone else

That all people are endowed by their Creator

With certain unalienable, natural, rights

That among these natural rights are:

LIFE

The right for all people to Live

 

LIBERTY

The right for all people to be Free

 

And the pursuit of HAPPINESS

The right for all people to be Happy

 

And we do want to be Happy - Don't we?

Of course we do!

Give yourselves a big heartfelt round of applause!

 

With the Declaration of Independence

Our forefathers proclaimed to the whole world

Their strong belief in the basic rights of all people

And a new and free nation was born, our country:

The United States of America.

 

The Constitution of our country

The law of our land

Promises

That the basic rights of all people

Will be respected and protected.

 

To quote our Sixteenth President - Abraham Lincoln

This is what that great man said to us in his famous Gettysburg Address

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - November 19, 1863

“And that government

Of the people

By the people

For the people

Shall not perish, disappear, from the earth.”

~  Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President (1861-1865)

Let's hear it for:

Our Sixteenth President - Abraham Lincoln

 

The United States is:

The land of the free and the home of the brave

And truly the greatest nation in the world.

 

Please sing along with me

AMERICA

 

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American Patriotism is respect-for that which is Right:

Respect-for that which is: Correct!  Proper!  Decent!  Honest!  And True!

 

Respect is a big part of life!

To respect someone or something means:

To think of someone or something as - Good!

To think of someone or something as - Very Important!

And To give that someone or something - Special Attention!

 

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Almighty God

Our country - The United States of America

And the symbol of her greatness and all that she stands-for, our flag:

The Star Spangled Banner

 

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Your Loving Parents

And

Your Good Principal and Teachers

Let's hear it for:

Your Loving Parents and Your Good Principal and Teachers

 

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Veterans

Police Officers and Fire Fighters - First Aid and Ambulance Personnel

American Patriotism is respect-for:

The Disabled

Younger Americans and Senior Citizens - Honest Workers and Kind Volunteers

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Yourself by being - A Person of Good Character!

 

American Patriotism is knowing:

You are the highest of all creation!

“A-Number-One”

Made perfectly!

With a Heart!  And a Soul!

With a Body!  And a Mind!

American Patriotism is knowing:

You have the greatest treasure on earth

“The Gift-of-Life”

Born magnificently!

With Goodness!  Intelligence!

And Potentiality! - Your very own Extraordinary Power!

 

American Patriotism is knowing:

You are a Person!

You are Somebody!  You are Special!

You are Important!  You are Great!  You are an American!

 

American Patriotism is believing: In your Country and in Yourself!

Being-responsible-for: The things you say and do!

Being-thankful-for: Who you are!  And Taking-hold-of: Your power!

 

American Patriotism is Trying-your-best:

To do - What is Right!

To be - A Person of Good Character!

To be All-That-You-Can-Be by Learning and Respecting!

To see - Your American Dream come true!

And To feel - Pride in your Country and in Yourself!

 

American Patriotism is knowing:

Smoking cigarettes will damage - Your Healthful Life!

Drinking alcohol will weaken - Your Powerful Life!

Using violence will injure - Precious Life!

Taking drugs will waste:

Your Healthful Life!  Your Powerful Life!  Your Precious Life!  Your Only Life!

 

American Patriotism is really a good way of living.

 

To quote the father of our country and our First President - George Washington

This is what that great man said to us.

Let us raise a standard, a way of living,

to which wise and honest people can repair;

everything else we keep in the hands of God.”

                                                                                                                  ~  George Washington, First President (1789-1797)

 

Let's hear it for:

The father of our country and our First President - George Washington

 

So be a patriot

Help renew patriotism and Increase Americanism as a Patriot

In you, in every one of you lie: America's future! America’s destiny!

 

Please sing along with me

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

 

 

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My fellow Americans

We shall never, never, never forget

Our many Good and Brave Patriotic American men and women

Our true American Patriots Our true American Heroes

Made-up of all races, colors and creeds

Who have given and who are giving unselfishly of themselves in service to our country!

To save us!  To help us!  And To protect us!

To protect our basic rights and the basic rights of all people!

And To defend our country and the principles she stands-for!

To all who have bravely served and to all who are bravely serving our country with honor!

We are forever thankful to them and we shall always hold their patriotism close to our hearts.

Would the Good and Brave Patriotic Americans present who have served or who are serving:

Our country in The Armed Forces and/or the Public Safety of the United States, please come forward?

My fellow patriots as you present yourself please state:

Your name - your rank and your branch and/or department of service as I do:

Jim Cava, Petty Officer Third Class, United States Navy Retired

 

My fellow Americans

Standing before us are no ordinary Americans - They are special Americans.

They are special Americans:

Because they have bravely served (and are bravely serving) our country with honor!

They are special Americans:

Because they have given (and are giving) unselfishly of themselves in service to our country!

They are special Americans:

Because without Good and Brave Patriotic Americans like them our great country would not exist!

Let us show our respect

To our real American Patriots To our real American Heroes

With a big heartfelt round of applause

My fellow Americans / My fellow Patriots

We all thank you for your love and loyal support of our country:

The United States of America

 

Let us now show our respect

To all our real American Patriots To all our real American Heroes

Not professional baseball players - football players - hockey players - tennis players

Basketball players - golfers - not boxers and wrestlers - not movie stars - not rock stars

But our real American Hero’s

Who have bravely served and who are bravely serving our country

In the Armed Forces and the Public Safety of the United States

With a big heartfelt round of applause after I sound off each branch and department.

 

Let's hear it for:

The United States Navy     Anchors Aweigh

The United States Marine Corps      The Marines Hymn

The United States Army      The Caissons Go Rolling Along

The United States Air Force    The U.S. Air Force

The United States Coast Guard     Semper Paratus

The United States Merchant Marines

The Army National Guard

The Air National Guard

The Police Department of The United States

The Fire Department of the United States

The First Aid and Ambulance Corps of The United States

To all the Americans who risk their lives everyday for our country

And to all truehearted Americans

 

 

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My fellow Americans

There is no greater love

than for a Good and Brave Patriotic American

to lay down his or her precious life

So that we could live

The Best Life Possible

 

My fellow Americans

Please stand

At this time, let us show our respect

To Our many Good and Brave Patriotic Americans

Who died for our country, for us, in the line-of-duty!

To save us!

To help us!  And To protect us!

To protect our basic rights and the basic rights of all people!

And To defend our country and the principles she stands-for!

 

Let us pray:

Most Righteous and Almighty Creator

In Thy Perfect Love, In Thy Perfect Strength and in Thy Perfect Care

Protect from all harm we pray

The most precious and most honorable souls of our departed:

Fathers and Mothers Sons and Daughters Husbands and Wives

Brothers and Sisters Uncles and Aunts Nieces and Nephews Relatives and Friends

Now and Forever, Amen

 

To quote our Sixteenth President - Abraham Lincoln

This is what that great man said to us in his famous Gettysburg Address

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - November 19, 1863

“That from these honored dead we take increased devotion

to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.

That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.”

~  Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President (1861-1865)

 

My fellow Americans

Please place your hands on your hearts for the singing of:

 

TAPS

 

 

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We are One Family!

We are a Good Family!  We are a Great Family!

We are “The American Family”

United-As-One

Let us love and support

Our Good Country and Our Good Brothers and Sisters

As together we sing:

 

GOD BLESS AMERICA

 

 

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My fellow Americans

All that God

Our Good Country

Your Loving Parents

Your Good Principal and Teachers

Ask of you is that you Try-your-best:

To do - What is Right!

To be - A Person of Good Character!

And To be - All That You Can Be by Learning and Respecting!

This is all that you can ask of yourself.

You are a Person!

You are Somebody!  You are Special!

You are Important!  You are Great!  You are an American!

You can make your very own Special Dream come true!

 

CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN

 

 

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Knowing:

That you are the highest of all creation

“A-Number-One”

Made perfectly!

With a Heart!  And a Soul!

With a Body!  And a Mind!

That you have the greatest treasure on earth

“The Gift-of-Life”

Born magnificently!

With Goodness!  Intelligence!

And Potentiality! - Your very own Extraordinary Power!

That you are a Person!

That you are Somebody!  That you are Special!

That you are Important!  That you are Great!  That you are an American!

 

I would like to ask you four important questions:

w Are you willing to respect God?

w Are you willing to respect your country and the undeniable principles she stands-for?

w Are you willing to respect yourself by:

Trying-your-best

To do - What is Right?

To be - A Person of Good Character?

And To be - All That You Can Be by Learning and Respecting!

w And Are you willing to give your Word of Honor by taking: The American Patriot Pledge?

Those who are willing to take this very special pledge, please stand?

 

Knowing:

That you are the highest of all creation “A-Number-One” made perfectly!

That you have the greatest treasure on earth “The Gift-of-Life” born magnificently!

And that you are part of a great family “Our American Family”

Should give you a most wonderful feeling deep inside.

I would like you to express that wonderful feeling by saying your first and last name out loud.

Please say your first and last name out loud right now!

Now please repeat after me: Where I say my name - you say your name!

 

 

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THE AMERICAN PATRIOT PLEDGE

 

I _________________________________, do hereby pledge

To be an American Patriot

To love and support my Good Country and my Good Brothers and Sisters

To be a Good Citizen and to respect that which is Right:

To respect that which is: Correct!  Proper!  Decent!  Honest!  And True!

 

To respect:

Almighty God

My Country - The United States of America

HONOR - To Be Good LIBERTY - To Be Free

EQUALITY - To Be One JUSTICE - To Be Fair HUMANITY - To Be Kind

And the symbol of her greatness and all that she stands-for, my flag - The Star Spangled Banner

To respect:

My Loving Parents

My Good:

Principal and Teachers

Veterans - Police Officers - Fire Fighters - First Aid and Ambulance Personnel

To respect:

The Disabled

Younger Americans - Senior Citizens - Honest Workers and Kind Volunteers

To respect:

Myself by being - A Person of Good Character!

 

To know:

That all people are created equal - That all people are made the same

With a Heart!  And a Soul!

With a Body!  And a Mind!

That no one is better than I am / That I am no better then someone else

That it is wrong to bully someone else / That it is wrong to make-fun-of someone else

To know:

That all people are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable, natural, rights

That among these natural rights are:

LIFE - The right for all people to Live

LIBERTY - The right for all people to be Free

And the pursuit of HAPPINESS - The right for all people to be Happy

 

To know:

I am the highest of all creation “A-Number-One” made perfectly!

With a Heart!  And a Soul!

With a Body!  And a Mind!

To know:

I have the greatest treasure on earth “The Gift-of-Life” born magnificently!

With Goodness!  Intelligence!

And Potentiality! - My very own Extraordinary Power!

 

To know:

I am a Person!

I am Somebody!  I am Special!

I am Important!  I am Great!  I am an American!

 

To believe: In my Country and in Myself!

To be-responsible-for: The things I say and do!

To be-thankful-for: Who I am!  And To take-hold-of: My power!

 

To try-my-best:

To do - What is Right!

To be - A Person of Good Character!

To be All-That-I-Can-Be by Learning and Respecting!

To see - My American Dream come true!  And To feel - Pride in my Country and in Myself!

 

To know:

Smoking cigarettes will damage - My Healthful Life!

Drinking alcohol will weaken - My Powerful Life!

Using violence will injure - Precious Life!

Taking drugs will waste:

My Healthful Life!  My Powerful Life!  My Precious Life!  My Only Life!

 

And this I pledge with all my Heart.

 

 

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Today is really a special day

Because today you have learned:

Why our country, the United States of America, is great!

And why you are great!

And because today you have pledged with your loving hearts:

To do - What is Right!

To be - A Person of Good Character!

And To be - All That You Can Be by Learning and Respecting!

With all my heart:

I congratulate you!  I thank you!  And I salute you!   
And you have to be special for me to salute you.

And you are Special!

Now, I would like you to tell yourselves and the whole world that you are great!

Please repeat after me:

I AM GREAT!  I AM GREAT!  I AM GREAT!

Yes, you are great!

Please do not forget that.

 

And please do not forget this:

Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Good and Brave Patriotic Americans

Our true American Patriots Our true American Heroes

Made-up of all races, colors and creeds

Have served us!  Are serving us!  Have saved us!  Are saving us! 

Have helped us!  Are helping us!  Have protected us!   Are protecting us! 

Have suffered for us!  Are suffering for us!  Have died for us!  And are dying for us!

To preserve our great Republic

To uphold the undeniable principles for which we stand

And to defend the unalienable rights to which all people are endowed by their Creator

 

Let us always be thankful to Our Good and Brave Patriotic Americans

And let us always try to live what Our Good and Brave Patriotic American Heroes

Have served for!  Have suffered for!  And have died for! 

 

My fellow Americans

This ends our patriotic program

May God bless you

and

May God bless our country

The United States of America

The Greatest Nation in the World

 

Give yourselves a big heartfelt round of applause.

 

 

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Petty Officer Jim Cava

United States Navy Retired

“The Patriotic Voice of America

Corpsman / 5th Marines, Vietnam 1968

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FOR GOD AND COUNTRY

MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA

 

 

American Patriotism breeds:

Courage Friendship Loyalty Morality Responsibility Strength

 

 

IN GOD WE TRUST

 

 

 

 

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