Listed below are:

Sixth to Eighth Grade Program for Public School

and

Sixth to Eighth Grade Patriotic 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

 

Sixth to Eighth Grade Program

For Public School

 

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Petty Officer Jim Cava, United States Navy Retired

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(Forty minutes)

 

 

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FOREVER THANKFUL

 

My fellow Americans

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 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 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 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 Honorable 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

 

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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 Americans who founded our country

And the 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

 

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.

 

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.

 

A principle is a fundamental truth

A guide for good behavior by which one directs one’s life.

Our American Principles and Values are one and 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 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 faithful trust

In the fundamental 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 basic instrument of our government

And the supreme law of our land

Founded upon the essential rights of all people

Is the embodiment of democratic principles

With the promise that those essential rights

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 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.

 

♪ WE HONOR YOU 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 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 Creator

Our country - The United States of America

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

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Your Loving Parents

Your Devoted Principal and Teachers

Let's hear it for:

Your Loving Parents and Your Devoted Principal and Teachers

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Commendable Veterans

Dedicated Police Officers and Fire Fighters - Dependable First Aid and Ambulance Personnel

American Patriotism is respect-for:

The Mentally and Physically Challenged

Younger Americans and Senior Citizens - Honest Workers and Selfless Volunteers

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Yourself by being - A Person of Good Character!

 

American Patriotism is realizing:

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 realizing:

You possess the greatest treasure on earth

“The Gift-of-Life”

Born magnificently! 

With Virtue!  Intelligence! 

And Potentiality! - Your very own Extraordinary Power!

 American Patriotism is realizing:

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 realizing:

Smoking cigarettes will damage - Your Healthful Life!

Drinking alcohol will devitalize - Your Powerful Life!

Using violence will destroy - Precious Life!

Taking drugs will devastate:

Your Healthful Life!  Your Powerful Life!  Your Precious Life!  Your 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.

                                                                                        

To quote our First President  

A great leader, soldier, statesman and father of our country - George Washington

 This is what that great man said to us.

“Let us raise a standard

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:

Our First President and the father of our country - 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!

 

♪ AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

 

 

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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!  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 eternally indebted to them and we shall forever hold their patriotism in esteem.

Would the Honorable 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 Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans like them our great country would not exist!

 

Let us show our respect

To our true American Patriots 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 of 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 - golfers - 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 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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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

Let us show our respect

To all Our Honorable Women who have served or who are serving:

In The Armed Forces and/or the Public Safety of the United States

To our true American Patriots To our unsung American Heroines

With a big heartfelt round of applause

Let us show our respect

To all Our Honorable Gold Star Mothers

To all Our Honorable Gold Star Wives

To all Our Honorable Women who have worked or who are working-in:

Our Public Education, Our Public Services

Our Ladies Auxiliary, Our American Red Cross, Our USO

Our Special Services, Our Defense Department and/or Our Defense Plants

To all Our Honorable: Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Aunts, Nieces, Wives and Girlfriends

Of American Servicemen and Public Safety Personnel

To all Our Honorable and Courageous - Gracious and Incomparable Patriotic American Women

Thank you! - Thank you! - Thank you!

Thank God for you!
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Thousands upon thousands of

Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic American Prisoners-of-War served our country

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.

 

 

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The greatest treasure we possess is:

“The Gift-of-Life”

 

There is no greater love

than for An Honorable and Brave Patriotic American

to lay down his or her precious life

So that we could live

“The Very Best Life Possible”

 

My fellow Americans

Please stand 

At this time let us show our respect - let us pay homage

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 save us!

To help us!  To support 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 for which she stands!

 

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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All that Our Good Country

Your Loving Parents

Your Devoted 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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Realizing:

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 possess the greatest treasure on earth

“The Gift-of-Life”

Born magnificently! 

With Virtue!  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?

 

Realizing:

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 exquisitely! 

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 glory and all that she stands-for, my flag - The Star Spangled Banner

To respect:

 My Loving Parents

My Devoted Principal and Teachers

Commendable Veterans

Dedicated Police Officers and Fire Fighters

 Dependable First Aid and Ambulance Personnel

To respect:

The Mentally and Physically Challenged

Younger Americans and Senior Citizens

Honest Workers and Selfless Volunteers

To respect:

Myself by being - A Person of Good Character!

 

To realize:

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 realize:

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 realize:

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 realize:

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

With Virtue!  Intelligence! 

And Potentiality! - My very own Extraordinary Power!

To realize:

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 realize: 

Smoking cigarettes will damage - My Healthful Life!

   Drinking alcohol will devitalize - My Powerful Life!                             

 Using violence will destroy - Precious Life!  

Taking drugs will devastate:

 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 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 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 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 lives, their loves and possessions for us! 

And are sacrificing their lives, their loves and possessions 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 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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FOR OUR CREATOR AND COUNTRY 

MAY OUR CREATOR BLESS AMERICA 

 

 

American Patriotism breeds:

Courage Friendship Loyalty Morality Responsibility Strength

 

 

 

 

There is no-charge for this Patriotic Program.

An honorarium is graciously and respectfully accepted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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

 

 

Sixth to Eighth Grade Program

For Non-Public School

 

 

 

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Petty Officer Jim Cava, United States Navy Retired

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(Forty minutes)

 

 

 

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FOREVER THANKFUL

 

My fellow Americans

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 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 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 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 Honorable 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

 

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My fellow Americans

That which is not loved - withers and dies!

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 for which she stands:

 

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.

 

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.

 

A principle is a fundamental truth

A guide for good behavior by which one directs one’s life.

Our American Principles and Values are one and 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 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 faithful trust

In the fundamental 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 basic instrument of our government

And the supreme law of our land

Founded upon the essential rights of all people

Is the embodiment of democratic principles

With the promise that those essential rights

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 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.

 

♪ WE HONOR YOU AMERICA

 

 

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My fellow Americans

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:

Almighty God

Our country - The United States of America

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

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Your Loving Parents

Your Devoted Principal and Teachers

Let's hear it for:

Your Loving Parents and Your Devoted Principal and Teachers

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Commendable Veterans

Dedicated Police Officers and Fire Fighters - Dependable First Aid and Ambulance Personnel

American Patriotism is respect-for:

The Mentally and Physically Challenged

Younger Americans and Senior Citizens - Honest Workers and Selfless Volunteers

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Yourself by being - A Person of Good Character!

 

American Patriotism is realizing:

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 realizing:

You possess the greatest treasure on earth

“The Gift-of-Life”

Born magnificently! 

With Virtue!  Intelligence! 

And Potentiality! - Your very own Extraordinary Power!

 American Patriotism is realizing:

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 realizing:

Smoking cigarettes will damage - Your Healthful Life!

Drinking alcohol will devitalize - Your Powerful Life!

Using violence will destroy - Precious Life!

Taking drugs will devastate:

Your Healthful Life!  Your Powerful Life!  Your Precious Life!  Your 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.

                                                                                        

To quote our First President  

A great leader, soldier, statesman and father of our country - George Washington

 “Let us raise a standard

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:

Our First President and the father of our country - 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!

 

♪ AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

 

 

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My fellow Americans

We shall never, never, never forget

Our many Honorable 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!  To support 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 eternally indebted to them and we shall forever hold their patriotism in esteem.

Would the Honorable 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 Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans like them our great country would not exist!

 

Let us show our respect

To our true American Patriots 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 of 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 - golfers - 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 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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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

Let us show our respect

To all Our Honorable Women who have served or who are serving:

In The Armed Forces and/or the Public Safety of the United States

To our true American Patriots To our unsung American Heroines

With a big heartfelt round of applause

Let us show our respect

To all Our Honorable Gold Star Mothers

To all Our Honorable Gold Star Wives

To all Our Honorable Women who have worked or who are working-in:

Our Public Education, Our Public Services

Our Ladies Auxiliary, Our American Red Cross, Our USO

Our Special Services, Our Defense Department and/or Our Defense Plants

To all Our Honorable: Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Aunts, Nieces, Wives and Girlfriends

Of American Servicemen and Public Safety Personnel

To all Our Honorable and Courageous - Gracious and Incomparable Patriotic American Women

Thank you! - Thank you! - Thank you!

Thank God for you!
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Thousands upon thousands of

Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic American Prisoners-of-War served our country

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.

 

 

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My fellow Americans

The greatest treasure we possess is:

“The Gift-of-Life”

 

There is no greater love

than for An Honorable and Brave Patriotic American

to lay down his or her precious life

So that we could live

“The Very Best Life Possible”

 

My fellow Americans

Please stand 

At this time let us show our respect - let us pay homage

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 save us!

To help us!  To support 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 for which she stands!

 

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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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 Devoted 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

Realizing:

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 possess the greatest treasure on earth

“The Gift-of-Life”

Born magnificently! 

With Virtue!  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?

 

Realizing:

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 exquisitely! 

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 glory and all that she stands-for, my flag - The Star Spangled Banner

To respect:

 My Loving Parents

My Devoted Principal and Teachers

Commendable Veterans

Dedicated Police Officers and Fire Fighters

 Dependable First Aid and Ambulance Personnel

To respect:

The Mentally and Physically Challenged

Younger Americans and Senior Citizens

Honest Workers and Selfless Volunteers

To respect:

Myself by being - A Person of Good Character!

 

To realize:

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 realize:

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 realize:

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 realize:

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

With Virtue!  Intelligence! 

And Potentiality! - My very own Extraordinary Power!

To realize:

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 realize: 

Smoking cigarettes will damage - My Healthful Life!

   Drinking alcohol will devitalize - My Powerful Life!                             

 Using violence will destroy - Precious Life!  

Taking drugs will devastate:

 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 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 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 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 lives, their loves and possessions for us! 

And are sacrificing their lives, their loves and possessions 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 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

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

E-mail: uspatriot1@optonline.net
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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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An honorarium is graciously and respectfully accepted.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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