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A SALUTE
TO THE
¶
GREATEST NATION
¶
IN THE WORLD
THE UNITED STATES
¶
OF AMERICA
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An
Inspirational and
Motivational Program
To
Teach Our Children
The
True Meaning and
Significance
Of
OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE
PRINCIPLES AND PATRIOTISM
Sixth to Eighth Grade
Program
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Petty Officer Jim Cava,
United States Navy Retired
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(Forty minutes)
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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
Everyone, please look at
our flag and place your hands on your
hearts?
United-As-One
Let us sing: The Star Spangled
Banner
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Oh, say can you see
By the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed
At the twilight's last
gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Through the perilous fight
Over the ramparts we watched
Were so gallantly
streaming
And the rocket's red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still
there
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner
Yet wave
Over the land of the free
And the home of the brave
That was great!
Give yourselves a big
heartfelt round of
applause!
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FOREVER THANKFUL
If one - if only
one
Honorable and
Brave
Patriotic American
Made-up of any one race, color and creed
Has served us!
Has saved us! Has
helped us!
Has supported
us! Has protected us!
Has suffered
for us! And has died
for us!
To preserve and
defend
our great Republic
To uphold the undeniable principles of
Honor
¶
Liberty
¶ Equality
¶ Justice
¶ and Humanity
for which we stand
And To defend
the unalienable rights of
Life
¶ Liberty
¶ and the pursuit of
Happiness
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 Our
Honorable
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 supported us! Are supporting us! Have protected us! Are
protecting us!
Have suffered
for us! Are suffering for us!
Have sacrificed their
precious lives, their precious loves and possessions for us!
And Are sacrificing their
precious lives, their precious loves and possessions for us!
To preserve
and defend our great Republic
To uphold the undeniable principles of
Honor
¶
Liberty
¶ Equality
¶ Justice
¶ and Humanity
for which we stand
And To defend
the unalienable rights of
Life
¶ Liberty
¶ and the pursuit of
Happiness
to which all people are endowed by their Creator
The following Patriotic
Program is dedicated
To the hundreds and
hundreds of thousands
Of Our Honorable and Brave
Patriotic Americans
Our true American Patriots
¶
Our true American Heroes
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That which is not loved -
withers and dies!
Patriotism is love and
loyal support for one's country.
American Patriotism
is
love for the Honorable and Brave Patriotic
Americans who founded our country
And the fundamental and
undeniable principles for which she stands:
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HONOR
¶
To Be Good
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LIBERTY
¶
To Be Free
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EQUALITY
¶
To Be One
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JUSTICE
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To Be Fair
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HUMANITY
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To Be Kind
American Patriotism
is love for the Honorable Americans who respect our principles
And love for the
Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans who defend our
country.
And
American Patriotism
is loyal support for our very American principles.
American Patriotism
was the Honorable Spirit of our forefathers
Based upon an absolute
moral belief in basic human rights
Upheld and defended with
invincible determination
That forged a great
nation, our nation.
It is that same spirit
that remains the
lifeblood
of our country
And it comes from the
heart and soul
of a true American.
Our American Principles
and values are one in the same.
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 Honorable Americans are what make our country great.
Our American Principles
and Honorable Americans are the foundation of
American Patriotism.
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
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:
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LIFE
¶
That it is right for all
people to Live
¶
LIBERTY
¶
That it is right for all
people to be Free
¶
And the pursuit of HAPPINESS
¶
That it is 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
“And that government
Of the people
By the people
For the people
Shall not perish from the
earth.”
~ Abraham Lincoln,
Sixteenth President (1861-1865)
Let's hear it for:
Abraham Lincoln -
Our
Sixteenth President
The United States is:
The land of the free
and the home of the brave
And truly the greatest
nation in the world.
♪ AMERICA
My country, 'tis
of Thee,
Sweet Land of Liberty
Of thee I sing
Land where my fathers died
Land of the pilgrims' pride
From every mountain side
Let Freedom ring
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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 most
meaningful part of life!
To respect someone or
something means:
To think of someone or
something as - Honorable!
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 fundamental and
undeniable principles for which she stands
Respect-for:
The Honorable and
Brave Patriotic Americans who founded our country
Respect-for:
The
symbol of our country's greatness and all that she stands-for, our flag:
The Star Spangled Banner
American Patriotism
is respect-for:
Our
Loving Parents
Our
Devoted School
Superintendants, Principals and Teachers
Let's hear it for:
Our
Loving Parents
And
Our Devoted School
Superintendants, Principals and
Teachers
American Patriotism
is
respect-for:
Our
Commendable Veterans
Our
Dedicated Police Officers and
Fire Fighters
Our
Dependable First Aid and
Ambulance Personnel
American Patriotism
is respect-for:
Our
Mentally and Physically
Disabled Americans
Our
Younger Americans and Senior
Citizens
Our
Honest Workers and Kind
Volunteers
American Patriotism
is
respect-for:
Oneself
By Doing - What is Right!
And
By Being - A Person of
Good Character!
American Patriotism
is knowing:
We are the highest of all
Creation!
“A-Number-One”
Made perfectly with:
A Heart! A Soul!
A Body! and A Mind!
American Patriotism
is knowing:
We possess the greatest
treasure on earth
“The Gift-of-Life”
Born magnificently with:
Virtue!
Intelligence!
And Potentiality! - Our
very own Exceptional Power!
American Patriotism
is
knowing:
We are Human Beings!
We
are Somebody! We are Special!
We are Important! We are
Great! We are Americans!
American Patriotism
is believing-in: Our country and in ourselves!
Being-responsible-for: The things we say and do!
Being-thankful-for: Who we are! And
Taking-hold-of: Our power!
American Patriotism
is:
Trying-our-best!
To do - What is Right!
To be - A Person of Good
Character!
To
be - All That We Can Be by Learning and Respecting!
To see - Our American
Dream come true! And To
feel - Pride in our Country and in Ourselves!
American
Patriotism
is
knowing:
Smoking
cigarettes will suffocate - Our Breathing Life!
Drinking alcohol will weaken - Our Powerful Life!
Using violence will
trouble - Our Peaceful Life!
Being hateful will torment - Our Fragile Life!
Taking drugs will waste - Our Only Life!
American Patriotism
and values are one in the same.
American Patriotism
is a moral code of conduct, an unmistakable way to build character.
American Patriotism
in all actuality is a lifestyle of values - A good and worthwhile
way of living.
American Patriotism breeds: Loyalty
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Morality
¶ Responsibility
¶ Fellowship
¶ Courage
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Strength
To
quote the father of our country:
“Our
cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!”
~ George Washington,
First President (1789-1797)
Let's hear it for:
George Washington -
The father of our country
So
be an
American Patriot
Help
renew
American Patriotism
and
Increase
Americanism
as
a
Patriot
In
us, in every one of us lies:
America's
future!
¶
America’s destiny!
♪ AMERICA
THE BEAUTIFUL
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
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My fellow Americans
We
shall never,
never, never forget
Our
many Honorable
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!
To support
us! To protect us!
To preserve
and defend our great Republic
To uphold the undeniable principles of
Honor
¶
Liberty
¶ Equality
¶ Justice
¶ and Humanity
for which we stand
And To defend
the unalienable rights of
Life
¶ Liberty
¶ and the pursuit of
Happiness
to which all people are endowed by their Creator
To all who have bravely
served and to all who are bravely serving our country with honor!
We are eternally indebted
to them and we shall forever hold their patriotism in esteem.
Are there Honorable 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 and
stand to my left?
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 and then please stand to my
right.
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
Honorable and Brave
Patriotic Americans like them our great country would not
exist!
Let us show our respect
To our true American
Patriots
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To our true 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 for our country:
THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
Let us now show our
respect
To all our true American
Patriots
¶
To all our true American Heroes
Not professional baseball
players - football players - hockey players - tennis players - basketball players
Not
golfers and race car drivers - not boxers and wrestlers - not movie
stars - not rock stars
But our true 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 name each branch and
department.
Let's hear it for:
Our United States Navy
♪ Anchors Aweigh
Our United States Marine
Corps
♪ The Marines Hymn
Our United States Army
♪ The Caissons Go
Rolling Along
Our United States Air
Force
♪ The U.S. Air
Force
Our United States Coast
Guard
♪ Semper Paratus
Let's hear it for:
Our United States Merchant
Marines
Our Army National Guard
Our Air National Guard
Our Police Department
Our Fire Department
Our First Aid and
Ambulance Corps
To all our Honorable
and Brave Patriotic Americans who risk their lives everyday for
our country, for us
To all our honorable
allies across the world who have helped us and continue to help us
in the cause of Freedom
And to all
Patriotic Americans
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Loyal
and selfless
Our
Honorable and Brave Patriotic
Vietnam Veteran
answered the call-of-duty
And
defended the unalienable rights of:
Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness
For the good people of
South Vietnam
When
Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans returned home
There was - no welcome home.
Undesirable - unpatriotic - unappreciative citizens
Dishonorably displayed their indifference and
with total disrespect
Our
Honorable and Brave Patriotic
Vietnam Veteran
was cursed-at and spit-upon…
Are there
Honorable and Brave Patriotic Vietnam Veterans present, please
stand?
(Are there family members
of Honorable and Brave
Patriotic Vietnam Veterans present please stand in respectful
representation?)
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HONORABLE
AND BRAVE PATRIOTIC VIETNAM VETERAN
¶
Honorable and Brave
Patriotic
Vietnam Veteran
Your character is
irreproachable and your valor uncommon
You are the quintessential
Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine of Liberty and Justice.
Welcome
Home!
My fellow Americans
Let us show our respect to
Our Honorable
and Brave Patriotic Vietnam Veterans
Our true American Patriots
¶
Our true American Heroes
With a big
heartfelt round of applause
The following song is
dedicated to:
Our
Honorable
and Brave
Patriotic Vietnam Veterans
And to all Our
Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americas who have served and who
are serving our country
♪ GOD BLESS
THE USA
If tomorrow all the things
were gone,
I'd worked for all my life.
And I had to start again,
with just my children and my wife.
I'd thank my lucky stars,
to be livin here today.
‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom,
and they can't take that away.
And I'm proud to be an
American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.
From the lakes of Minnesota,
to the hills of Tennessee.
Across the plains of Texas,
from sea to shining sea.
From Detroit down to
Houston,
and New York to L.A.
Well there's pride in every American heart,
and its time we stand and say.
That I'm proud to be an
American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.
And I'm proud to be and
American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.
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And
now a tribute:
To
Our Honorable and Courageous Patriotic American Woman
She
has served and continues to serve our country with steadfast
devotion
Not
only in the Armed Forces and Public Safety of the United States but
also in civilian life.
Through her bounty
of abiding strength and gentle courage
She has mothered
and safeguarded:
HONOR
¶ LIBERTY
¶ EQUALITY
¶
JUSTICE
¶ And most assuredly HUMANITY
Are there
Honorable and Courageous
Patriotic Women present who have served or who are serving our
country
In The Armed Forces and/or
the Public Safety of the United States, please stand?
Let us show our respect
To our true American Patriots
¶ To our unsung American
Heroines
With a big
heartfelt
round of applause
Are their Honorable Gold
Star Mothers present, please stand?
There is no greater
suffering - no greater loss, than for a mother to lose her child in
service to our country.
Let us show our respect
To our sublime American
Patriots with a big
heartfelt
round of applause
Are their Honorable Gold
Star Wives present, please stand?
Such great suffering -
such great loss, for a woman to lose her husband in service to our
country
Let us show our respect
To our superb American
Patriots with a big
heartfelt
round of applause
Would the Honorable Women
present who have worked or who are working-in:
Our Public Education,
Our Public Service, Our Ladies Auxiliary, Our American Red
Cross,
Our USO, Our Special
Services, Our Defense Department and/or Our Defense Plants,
please stand?
Let us show our respect
To our true American
Patriots with a big
heartfelt
round of applause
Would all Our Honorable:
Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Wives, Aunts, Nieces - Girlfriends
Of American Servicemen
and/or Public Safety Personnel, please stand?
Let us show our respect
To our true American
Patriots with a big
heartfelt
round of applause
To all Our Honorable
and Courageous - Gracious and Incomparable Patriotic American
Women
Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Thank God for you!
We could not have made it
without you. And we will never ever make it without you.
Let us show our respect
To all Our Honorable
and Courageous - Gracious and Incomparable Patriotic American
Women
To our true American Patriots
¶ To our unsung American
Heroines
With a big
heartfelt
round of applause
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Thousands upon thousands
of:
Our
Honorable and Brave Patriotic
American Prisoners-of-War
served our country with honor
Many have suffered, many
are suffering
And many have died
mercilessly at the hands of the enemy
And many never came home,
never came home
We are home.
They shall
never-be-forgotten.
Are there
Honorable and Brave
Patriotic Former American Prisoners-of-War present, please
stand?
(Are there family members
of Honorable and Brave
Patriotic American
Prisoners-of-War present,
please stand in respectful representation?)
The suffering Our
Honorable
and Brave Patriotic
American Prisoners-of-War endured
In service to our country
is beyond human comprehension.
They are truly
extraordinary Americans.
Let us show our respect
To our extraordinary
American Patriots
¶
To our extraordinary American Heroes
With a big
heartfelt round of applause.
They shall
never-be-forgotten.
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The greatest treasure we
possess is:
“The Gift-of-Life”
There is no greater love /
There is no greater sacrifice
In the entire universe
Than for An Honorable
and Brave Patriotic American
To lay down his or her
precious life
To save us! To
help us!
To support
us! To protect us!
To preserve
and defend our great Republic
To uphold the undeniable principles of
Honor
¶
Liberty
¶ Equality
¶ Justice
¶ and Humanity
for which we stand
And To defend
the unalienable rights of
Life
¶ Liberty
¶ and the pursuit of
Happiness
to which all people are endowed by their Creator
My fellow Americans
Please stand
At
this time
United-As-One
Let
us show our respect
/ Let us pay homage
To our true American
Patriots
¶
To our true American Heroes
To
Our many Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans who
sacrificed:
Their precious lives, their precious loves and possessions for our
country, for us, in the line-of-duty!
To
quote our Sixteenth
President
“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
♪ TAPS
Day is done
Sinks the sun
And the stars all appear
One by one
Rest in peace
Companions dear
God
is near
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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
God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, my home sweet home.
God bless America, my
home sweet home.
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All
that
Your
Good Country
Your
Loving Parents
Your
Devoted School
Superintendants, Principals 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
Climb every mountain,
Search high and low,
Follow every highway,
Every path you know.
Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
'Till you find your dream.
A dream that will need
All the love you can give,
Every day of your life
For as long as you live.
Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
Till you find your dream
A dream that will need
All the love you can give,
Every day of your life,
For as long as you live.
Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
Till you find your dream.
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Knowing:
That
you are the highest of all Creation
“A-Number-One”
Made
perfectly with:
A Heart! A Soul!
A Body! and A Mind!
That you possess the
greatest treasure on earth
“The Gift-of-Life”
Born magnificently with:
Virtue!
Intelligence!
And Potentiality! - Your
very own Exceptional 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:
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Are you willing to respect your country
and the fundamental and undeniable
principles for which she stands?
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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!
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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 possess the
greatest treasure on earth
“The Gift-of-Life”
Born
magnificently!
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!
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 - right 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 Person / 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
And the fundamental and
undeniable principles for which she stands:
HONOR - To be Good
¶ LIBERTY
- To be Free
EQUALITY
- To be One
¶ JUSTICE
-
To be Fair
¶
HUMANITY -
To be Kind
To respect:
The Honorable and Brave
Patriotic Americans who founded my country
To respect:
The symbol of my country's
greatness and all that she stands-for, my flag:
The Star Spangled
Banner
To respect:
My Loving Parents
My Devoted School
Superintendants, Principals and Teachers
To respect:
My Commendable Veterans
My Dedicated Police
Officers and Fire Fighters
My Dependable First Aid
and Ambulance Personnel
To respect:
My
Mentally and Physically Disabled Americans
My
Younger Americans and Senior Citizens
My
Honest Workers and Kind Volunteers
To respect:
Myself
By Doing - What is Right!
And
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 - That it is right
for all people to Live
LIBERTY - That it is
right for all people to be Free
And the pursuit of
HAPPINESS - That it is right for all people to be Happy
To
know:
I am
the highest of all Creation
“A-Number-One”
Made perfectly with:
A Heart! A Soul!
A Body! and A Mind!
To
know:
I possess the greatest
treasure on earth
“The Gift-of-Life”
Born
magnificently with:
Virtue!
Intelligence!
And
Potentiality! - My very own
Exceptional
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 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 suffocate - My
Breathing
Life!
Drinking
alcohol will weaken - My Powerful Life!
Using violence
will trouble - My Peaceful Life!
Being hateful will
torment - My Fragile Life!
Taking drugs
will waste - My Only Life!
And this I pledge with all
my heart.
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My fellow Americans
Today is truly 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 great for me to salute you.
And
you are great!
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 Honorable 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 supported us! Are supporting us! Have protected us! Are
protecting us!
Have suffered
for us! Are suffering for us!
Have sacrificed their
precious lives, their precious loves and possessions for us!
And Are sacrificing their
precious lives, their precious loves and possessions for us!
To preserve
and defend our great Republic
To uphold the undeniable principles of
Honor
¶
Liberty
¶ Equality
¶ Justice
¶ and Humanity
for which we stand
And To defend
the unalienable rights of
Life
¶ Liberty
¶ and the pursuit of
Happiness
to which all people are endowed by their Creator
Let us always be thankful
to Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans
And let us always try to
live what Our Honorable 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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