¶

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

 

 

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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

HAS SAVED US!  HAS SERVED US! 

 HAS HELPED US!  HAS PROTECTED US!

HAS SUFFERED FOR US!  AND HAS DIED FOR US!

TO UPHOLD THE UNDENIABLE PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH WE STAND

AND TO DEFEND THE UNALIENABLE RIGHTS TO WHICH ALL PEOPLE ARE ENDOWED

SHOULDN’T WE BE FOREVER THANKFUL

TO OUR GOOD AND BRAVE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN?

 

MY FELLOW AMERICANS

HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

OF OUR GOOD AND BRAVE PATRIOTIC AMERICANS

OUR TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOTS!  OUR TRUE AMERICAN HEROES!

MADE-UP OF ALL RACES, COLORS AND CREEDS!

HAVE SAVED US!  ARE SAVING US!

HAVE SERVED US!  ARE SERVING 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 UPHOLD THE UNDENIABLE PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH WE STAND

AND TO DEFEND THE UNALIENABLE RIGHTS TO WHICH ALL PEOPLE ARE ENDOWED

 

THE FOLLOWING PATRIOTIC PROGRAM IS DEDICATED

TO THE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

OF OUR GOOD AND BRAVE PATRIOTIC AMERICANS

 

 

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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 for our National Anthem

And remain standing as together 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?  

United-As-One

Let us sing:

♪ THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

 

 

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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

 

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

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 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

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!

“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 destroy - Your 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.

 

“Let us raise a standard, a way of living,

to which the wise and honest can repair;

the rest is 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

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-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

Our fellow Americans / Our 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

The greatest treasure we have is:

“The Gift-of-Life”

 

My fellow Americans

There is no greater love

than for an Good and Brave Patriotic American

to lay down his or her precious life

to uphold the undeniable principles for which we stand

and to defend the unalienable rights to which all people are endowed

 

Please stand 

 My fellow Americans

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!

 

My fellow Americans

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

 

♪ TAPS

 

 

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My fellow Americans

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 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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My fellow Americans

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 three important questions:

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 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 destroy - My 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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My fellow Americans

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 OUR GOOD AND BRAVE PATRIOTIC AMERICANS

OUR TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOTS!  OUR TRUE AMERICAN HEROES!

MADE-UP OF ALL RACES, COLORS AND CREEDS!

HAVE SAVED US!  ARE SAVING US!

HAVE SERVED US!  ARE SERVING 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 UPHOLD THE UNDENIABLE PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH WE STAND

AND TO DEFEND THE UNALIENABLE RIGHTS TO WHICH ALL PEOPLE ARE ENDOWED

 

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 / 5^th Marines, Vietnam 1968

OPERATION RED, WHITE AND BLUE