A
SALUTE
TO THE
GREATEST NATION
IN THE WORLD
THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A
Meaningful, Inspirational and Motivational
PROGRAM
To
Teach
Our Good Children
The
True Definition
Of
AMERICANISM
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Instilling:
Good Character Development
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Imparting:
Awareness-for that which is Right
Respect-for that which is Honorable and Good - Others and Oneself
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Engendering:
A Peaceful Atmosphere of Respectful Love
Making Our American Schools - A Happier, Healthier and Safer Place to Be
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And
Resolutely
Impeding and Extirpating:
An Occurrence of Hateful - Horrific - Violent Behavior
In-addition-to: Bullying, Tormenting, Being-Mean-To and Making-Fun-Of Fellow Students
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“And that it is Good and that it is Right
To Treat Your Fellow Students as You would like to be Treated!
And by doing so, you will help make (name of school)
A Happier, Healthier and Safer Place to Be!”
~ Petty Officer Jim Cava, US Navy Ret., American Patriot (1948-
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“SIXTH TO EIGHTH GRADE AMERICANISM PROGRAM”
{Forty minutes}
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Beginning
Students
Today is a special day because today you will learn
Why
OUR COUNTRY
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS GREAT!
Why
YOU ARE GREAT!
And Why
IT IS GREAT!
TO TREAT YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS
AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED!
By taking part in:
AN AMERICANISM PROGRAM
“A SALUTE TO THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”
My name is Petty Officer Jim Cava, United States Navy Retired. I will lead you in the program.
I am a combat decorated veteran who served our country proudly as a US Navy Corpsman (a medic) attached to the 5th Marines in the Vietnam War.
As founder of Operation Red, White and Blue I continue to serve our country proudly by fostering and upholding Americanism in the United States of America.
FOR OUR CREATOR AND COUNTRY
To begin
OUR AMERICANISM PROGRAM
Please stand for Our National Anthem - Our Country’s Song of Greatness
And remain standing for The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag - Our Promise of Loyalty to the United States of America
Students
Please look at our flag and place your hands on your hearts!
“United-As-One”
Let us recite
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Please repeat after me!
Oh, say can you see / Attention, can you see
By the dawn's early light / By the rising sun’s early light
What so proudly we hailed / What so greatly we respected
At the twilight's last gleaming / At the setting sun’s last shining light
Whose broad stripes and bright stars / Whose outstanding stripes and glowing stars
Through the perilous fight / Through the dangerous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched / Over the walls we watched
Were so gallantly streaming / Were so excellently flowing
And the rocket's red glare / And the rocket's were throwing red hot flames
The bombs bursting in air / The bombs were exploding sharp pieces of metal in all directions
Gave proof through the night / Gave no doubt whatsoever
That our flag was still there
Oh, say does that star spangled banner / Attention, does that magnificent flag of stars and stripes
Yet wave / Forever wave
O'er the land of the free / Over the land of the free
And the home of the brave
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Now let us now recite
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Please repeat after me:
I pledge allegiance / I promise loyalty
To the flag of the United States of America
And to the republic / And to the government of the people, by the people, for the people
For which it stands / For which she stands
“One Nation Under God”
Indivisible / “United-As-One”
With liberty and justice for all / With freedom and fairness for all
That was terrific!
Give yourselves a big heartfelt round of applause!
Please be seated!
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THE BATTLE AND THE DEFENSE OF FORT MC HENRY
A TRUE ADVENTURE STORY OF OUR HONORABLE AND BRAVE PATRIOTIC AMERICANS
It was the War of 1812 and once again, America was fighting the British Empire. The British had captured Washington DC.
They burned the White House, the Capital and many other buildings and next, they planned to capture the city of Baltimore; America's third largest city.
Fort McHenry guarded the entrance to Baltimore's important harbor and proudly flew “The Star Spangled Banner.”
The British were very sure that they would easily win the battle,
take the fort, destroy “The Star Spangled Banner” and raise their own flag in victory.
The British attack on Fort McHenry began early on September 13, 1814 in pouring rain.
All through the day and into the night, for over 25 straight hours - thousands of bombs, mortars, rockets and shells were fired at the fort.
Five awesome things happened through that perilous (dangerous) fight:
1st) - “The Star Spangled Banner” was never destroyed!
2nd) - The flag pole that proudly flew “The Star Spangled Banner” never went down
because Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans inside the fort
held onto the flag pole and some even sacrificed-their-lives so that “The Star Spangled Banner” would not-go-down!
3rd) - Despite their fearsome assault and tremendous fire power - the British were defeated, humiliated and forced to retreat!
4th) - The courage and fearlessness of Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans in defending Fort McHenry
and protecting “The Star Spangled Banner” was superhuman and beyond compare!
5th) - After the battle, Francis Scott Key, a true American Patriot, was so inspired by Our American Victory
and the sight of “The Star Spangled Banner” still flying triumphantly over Fort McHenry that he wrote Our National Anthem aka “The Star Spangled Banner!”
Students
This story teaches us:
How perfectly our forefathers respected our flag!
And how perfectly all Americans should respect our flag!
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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 our great Republic!
To uphold the undeniable principles of Honor - Liberty - Equality - Justice and Humanity for which America stands!
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?
Students
From the beginning of Our American Revolution to the Present Day
Over fifty million
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 our great Republic!
To uphold the undeniable principles of Honor - Liberty - Equality - Justice and Humanity for which America stands!
And to defend the unalienable rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness to which all people are endowed by their Creator!
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To All Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans
Who have bravely served and to all who are bravely serving our country with honor!
We reverently acknowledge you!
We consummately respect you! We profoundly thank you!
We are eternally indebted to you! And we shall forever hold your Americanism in esteem!
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The following Americanism Program is dedicated:
To the over fifty million
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!
Americanism is Loyal Support, Everlasting Love and Undefeatable Defense
OF
OUR COUNTRY
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Americanism is Loyal Support:
For the fundamental and undeniable principles for which America stands:
HONOR - To be GOOD!
LIBERTY - To be FREE!
EQUALITY - To be ONE!
JUSTICE - To be FAIR!
HUMANITY - To be KIND!
Our American Principles are basic truths and moral beliefs
That guide us and help us to know what is good and bad and what is right and wrong.
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 is the foundation of Americanism.
Americanism is Everlasting Love:
For The Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans who founded our country
Everlasting Love:
For The Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans who have defended and who are defending our country
And Everlasting Love:
For The Honorable Patriotic Americans who respect our principles
And Americanism is Undefeatable Defense:
OF
OUR COUNTRY
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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We hold these truths to be self-evident (clearly understood)
That all people are created equal
That all people are made the same
With a Heart! And With a Soul!
With a Body! And With a Mind!
That no one is better than you
That you are no better then someone else
That it is cruel and inhuman - to bully someone else
That it is cruel and inhuman - to torment someone else
That it is cruel and inhuman - to be-mean-to someone else
That it is cruel and inhuman - to make-fun-of someone else
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And that it is Good and that it is Right
To Treat your Good Fellow Students as You would like to be Treated!
And by doing so, you will help make (name of school)
A Happier, Healthier and Safer Place to Be!
That all people are endowed (presented) by their Creator
With certain (definite) unalienable (natural) rights
That among these definite 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!
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 (announced publicly) to the whole world
Their strong belief and faithful trust 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 basic instrument of our government
And the supreme law of our land
Promises
That the basic rights of all people
Will be respected and protected.
To quote our Sixteenth President from his Gettysburg Address:
{Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States of America (1809-1865)}
“And that government
Of the people
By the people
For the people
Shall not perish from the earth.”
Unquote - Abraham Lincoln
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!
♪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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Americanism is Respect-for:
That which is Right!
Respect-for:
That which is Correct! Proper! Decent! Honest! And True!
Respect is an awesome 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!
Americanism is Respect-for:
OUR GOOD COUNTRY
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
And the 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
Americanism is Respect-for:
Our Good Loving Parents
Respect-for:
Our Good Devoted School Principal and Teachers
Respect-for:
Our Good Fellow Students
Americanism is Respect-for:
Our Good Commendable Veterans
Our Good Dedicated Police Officers and Fire Fighters
Our Good Dependable First Aid and Ambulance Personnel
Americanism is Respect-for:
Our Good Mentally and Physically Challenged Americans
Our Good Younger Americans and Senior Citizens
Our Good Honest Workers and Kind Volunteers
Americanism is Respect-for:
Oneself
By Doing - What is Right!
And
By Being - A Person of Good Character!
Americanism is Knowing:
We are the highest of all Creation!
“A-Number-One”
Made Perfectly!
With:
A Heart! And A Soul!
A Body! And A Mind!
Americanism is Knowing:
We possess the greatest of all treasures
“The Gift-of-Life”
And
“The Gift-of-Freedom”
Born Magnificently!
With Virtue - Our Own Special Excellence!
With Ability - Our Own Special Power to Achieve and Succeed!
And With Intelligence - Our Own Special Power to Think, Act, Reason and Learn!
Americanism is Knowing:
We are Human Beings!
We are Somebody! We are Special!
We are Important! We are Great! We are Americans!
Americanism is Believing-In:
Our Country and Ourselves!
Being-Responsible-For:
The Things We Say and Do!
Being-Thankful-For:
Who We Are!
And Taking-Hold-Of:
Our Power!
Americanism 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!
Americanism is Knowing:
Smoking cigarettes will choke - 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 destroy - Our Only Life!
Americanism and values are one and the same
Americanism is a moral code of conduct - an unmistakable way to build character.
Americanism in all actuality is a lifestyle of values - a good and worthwhile way of living.
Americanism breeds: Fellowship - Loyalty - Morality - Responsibility - Vigilance - Courage - Strength
Americanism is really a good way of living!
To quote Our First President and the Father of Our Country
{George Washington, First President of the United States of America and Father of Our Country (1732-1797)}
“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.”
Unquote - George Washington
Let's hear it for:
Our First President and the Father of Our Country
George Washington
♪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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Students
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 our great Republic!
To uphold the undeniable principles of Honor - Liberty - Equality - Justice and Humanity for which America stands!
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 forever thankful to them and we shall forever hold their Americanism 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.
Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans 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.
Today, I am wearing my Marine Corps uniform because I also served with the 5th Marines in the Vietnam War.
Students
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!
To save us! - To help us!
To support us! and To protect us!
They are Special Americans!
Because without Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans like them
Our great country would not exist and we would not be free!
Let us show our respect
To Our True American Patriots! - To Our True American Heroes!
With a big heartfelt round of applause
Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans
We all thank you for your
Loyal Support, Everlasting Love and Undefeatable Defense
OF
OUR COUNTRY
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans please take your former positions?
Let’s hear it again for Our Special Americans!
Let us now show our respect
To All Our True American Patriots! - To All Our True American Heroes!
With all due respect
Not professional baseball players - basketball players - football players - hockey players - soccer players - tennis players-
Not professional 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/or the Public Safety of the United States
With a big heartfelt round of applause after I name each branch and department.
Would Our 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 stand or raise your hand and show your pride after I sound-off your respective branch and/or department of service?
And would all the family members of Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans
Who have served or who are serving our country in The Armed Forces and/or the Public Safety of the United States
Please stand and show your pride after I sound-off a branch and/or department that you favor?
Let's hear it for:
OUR UNITED STATES NAVY
♪ANCHORS AWEIGH
Stand Navy out to sea
Fight our battle cry
We'll never change our course
So vicious foes steer shy-y-y-y
Roll out the T. N. T.
Anchors Aweigh
Sail on to victory
Here's wishing you a happy voyage home!
OUR UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
♪THE MARINES HYMN
From the Halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tripoli
We fight our country's battles
In the air, on land, and sea
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean
We are proud to claim the title
Of United States Marine!
OUR UNITED STATES ARMY
♪THE CAISSONS GO ROLLING ALONG
Over hill, over dale
We will hit the dusty trail
And those Caissons go rolling along
Counter march and right about
Hear those wagon soldiers' shout
And those Caissons go rolling along
For it's "hie-hie-hee"
In the Field Artillery
Shout out your numbers loud and strong
For wher-e'er we go
You will always know
That those Caissons go rolling along!
OUR UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
♪THE U.S. AIR FORCE
Off we go into the wild blue yonder
Climbing high into the sun
Here they come zooming to meet our thunder
At 'em Americans, Give 'er the gun
Down we dive, spouting our flame from under
Off with one helluva roar
We live in fame or go down in flame
Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!
OUR UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
♪SEMPER PARATUS
We're always ready for the call
We place our trust in Thee
Through surf and storm and howling gale
High shall our purpose be
"Semper Paratus" is our guide
Our fame, our glory, too
To fight to save or fight and die
Aye! Coast Guard, we are for you!
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
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To All Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans
Who have bravely served and to all who are bravely serving our country with honor!
We reverently acknowledge you!
We consummately respect you! We profoundly thank you!
We are eternally indebted to you! And we shall forever hold your Americanism in esteem!
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Thousands upon thousands
Of Our Honorable and Brave Wounded and Forsaken Patriotic Americans
Served our country with honor!
They have suffered! And they are suffering!
Some are crippled! - Some are disfigured! - Some are paralyzed!
Some have lost their fingers and toes! - Some have lost their hands and feet! Some have lost their arms and legs!
Some are double amputees! - Some are triple amputees! - Some are quadruple amputees!
Some have lost their hearing! - Some have lost their eyesight!
Some have lost their consciousness! - Some have lost their spirit!
Giving unselfishly of themselves in service to our country!
To save us! - To help us!
To support us! and To protect us!
Let us show our respect
To All Our Honorable and Brave Wounded and Forsaken Patriotic Americans
Our True Self-Sacrificing American Patriots! - Our True Self-Sacrificing American Heroes!
With a big heartfelt round of applause!
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Hundreds upon hundreds
Of Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic American Prisoners-of-War
Served our country with honor
They have suffered! And they are suffering!
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
To save us! - To help us!
To support us! and To protect us!
Is beyond human comprehension!
They Are Truly Our Forever-Faithful American Patriots! - They Are Truly Our Forever-Faithful American Heroes!
Let us show our respect
To All Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic American Prisoners-of-War, Living and Dead!
And in reverent and ever-faithful recognition
To All Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic American Prisoners-of-War and Missing-In-Action
Who never came home and who are still unaccounted-for
With a big heartfelt round of applause!
They shall never-be-forgotten!
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We possess the greatest of all treasures:
“The Gift-of-Life”
And
“The Gift-of-Freedom”
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
So that we could have
“The Best-Life”
And
“The Gift-of-Freedom”
Please stand!
At this time
United-As-One
Let us show our respect - Let us pay homage
To Our Supreme American Patriots! - To Our Supreme 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 save us! - To help us!
To support us! - To protect us!
To quote our Sixteenth President from his Gettysburg Address:
{Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States of America (1809-1865)}
“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.”
Unquote - Abraham Lincoln
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
Compatriots 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.”
♪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 Good Loving Parents
Your Good Devoted School 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
Climb every mountain
Search high and low
Follow every byway
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
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Knowing:
That you are Person!
That you are Somebody! That you are Special!
That you are Important! That you are Great! That you are an American!
I would like to ask you four important questions:
* Are you willing to respect your Good Country and the undeniable principles for which she stands?
* 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?
* Are you willing to Treat your Good Fellow Students like You would like to be Treated?
* And Are you willing to support your Good Country by taking:
THE AMERICANISM PLEDGE?
Those who are willing to take this very special pledge, please stand?
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Knowing:
That you are the highest of all Creation
“A-Number-One
Made Perfectly!
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 just like you did!
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THE AMERICANISM PLEDGE (6-8)
I ________________________________, do hereby pledge
To Be:
An American Patriot
And
To Respect:
That which is Right!
To Respect:
That which is Correct! Proper! Decent! Honest! And True!
To Respect:
MY GOOD 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 Good Loving Parents
My Good Devoted School Principal and Teachers
My Good Fellow Students
To Respect:
My Good Commendable Veterans
My Good Dedicated Police Officers and Fire Fighters
My Good Dependable First Aid and Ambulance Personnel
To Respect:
My Good Mentally and Physically Challenged Americans
My Good Younger Americans and Senior Citizens
My Good Honest Workers and Kind Volunteers
To Respect:
Myself
By Doing - What is Right!
And
By Being - A Person of Good Character!
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To Know:
That all people are created equal
That all people are made the same
With a Heart! And With a Soul!
With a Body! And With a Mind!
That no one is better than I am
That I am no better then someone else
That it is cruel and inhuman to bully someone else
That it is cruel and inhuman to torment someone else
That it is cruel and inhuman to be-mean-to someone else
That it is cruel and inhuman to make-fun-of someone else
And that it is Good and that it is Right
To Treat my Good Fellow Students as I would like to be Treated!
And by doing so, I will help make: (name of school)
A Happier, Healthier and Safer Place to Be!
To Know:
That all people are endowed (presented) by their Creator
With certain (definite) unalienable (natural) rights
That among these definite 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 a Person!
I am Somebody! I am Special!
I am Important! I am Great! I am an American!
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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!
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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!
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To Know:
Smoking cigarettes will choke - 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 destroy - My Only Life!
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And this I pledge with all my heart.
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Students
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 Try-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!
And To Treat - Your Good Fellow Students as You would like to be Treated!
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:
Over fifty million
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 our great Republic!
To uphold the undeniable principles of Honor - Liberty - Equality - Justice and Humanity for which America stands!
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!
Students
This ends
Our Americanism Program
Give yourselves a big heartfelt round of applause.
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