An

Inspirational and Motivational

Ceremony

To

Foster and Uphold

OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE

PRINCIPLES AND PATRIOTISM

Patriotic Ceremony

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Petty Officer Jim Cava, United States Navy Retired

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(Sixty minutes)

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At this time

United-As-One

We will honor our country by taking part in a Patriotic Ceremony:

“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 am a combat decorated veteran who served our country proudly

As a corpsman, a medic, with the 5^th Marines in the Vietnam War

As founder of:

OPERATION RED, WHITE AND BLUE

I continue to serve our country proudly

By Fostering and Upholding

OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE, PRINCIPLES AND PATRIOTISM

FOR OUR CREATOR AND COUNTRY

At this time

United-As-One

We shall reaffirm

The greatness of our country, the United States of America!

And the greatness that lives within each and every one of us!

To begin our patriotic ceremony, please stand for our National Anthem

My fellow Patriotic Americans

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

United-As-One

Let us sing:

♪  THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

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FOREVER THANKFUL

The following Patriotic Ceremony 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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“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”
                                                                                                                    ~  George Washington, First President of the United States (1789-1797)

“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.”
                                                                                                             ~  John Adams, Second President of the United States (1797-1801)

“Love your neighbor as yourself and your country more than yourself.”

                                                                                                                                                ~  Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States (1801-1809)

“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”

                                                                                                                                                                        ~  Adlai Stevenson, Statesman (1900-1965)

“If you are living your life in the United States of America and you are not an American Patriot

This is not your country and this is not your home.”

                                                                                                                                                                              ~  Petty Officer Jim Cava, US Navy Ret. (1948-

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That which is not loved - withers and dies!

Patriotism is love, support and defense of 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:

¶ 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 Honorable Patriotic Americans who respect our principles

And love for the Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans who defend our country.

American Patriotism is loyal support for our very American principles.

And American Patriotism is defense of our country

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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!

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

Our American Principles and Honorable Americans are the essence of American Patriotism.

It is imperative to disassociate the Honorable Principles America stands-for

From the dishonorable behavior of unprincipled Americans - no matter who they are nor pretend to be.

For the Honorable Principles America stands-for are innately and virtuously pure / essentially and perfectly complete

And can never be associated with the dishonorable behavior of unprincipled Americans - no matter who they are nor pretend to be.

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 oneself

That oneself is no better then someone else

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

With the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Our forefathers proclaimed to the whole world

Their strong belief and faithful trust

In the God given 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:

“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.

♪ WE HONOR YOU AMERICA

♪ THE YANKEE DOODLE BOY

♪ YOU’RE A GRAND OLD FLAG

♪ AMERICA

♪ THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

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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 an essential and 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

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 Challenged Americans

Our Younger Americans and Senior Citizens

Our Honest workers and Selfless Volunteers

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Oneself

By doing - What is Right!

And

By being - A Person of Good Character!

American Patriotism is realizing:

We are the highest of God's Creation!

“A-Number-One”

Made perfectly with:

A Heart! A Soul!

A Body! and A Mind!

American Patriotism is realizing:

We possess the greatest treasure on earth

“The Gift-of-Life”

Born exquisitely with:

Virtue!  Intelligence!

And Potentiality! - Our very own Exceptional Power!

American Patriotism is realizing:

We are Human Beings!

We are Somebody!  We are Special!

We are Important!  We are Great!  We are an Americans!

American Patriotism is believing-in: Our Country and Ourselves!

Being-responsible-for: Our words and deeds!

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 - All That We Can Be!

To see - Our American Dream come true!

And To feel - A Sense of Pride in our Country and in Ourselves!

American Patriotism and values are one and 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 ¶ Morality ¶ Responsibility ¶ Fellowship ¶ Courage ¶ Strength

To quote the father of our great country:

“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:

George Washington - Our First President and 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

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My fellow Patriotic Americans

We shall 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 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 their 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 step forward, 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

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!

My fellow Patriotic Americans

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, support and defense of our country:

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

I would now ask all family members

Of 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

To please raise their hand in respectful representation

And to share that wonderful proud information with all of us

Would all Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans

Present please stand and show your pride after I sound-off your respective branch and/or department of service?

I would also ask all family members of Veterans and/or Public Safety Personnel to please stand and show your pride after I sound-off a branch and/or department that you favor?

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/or 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

To all our 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 to:

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 and remain standing?

(Are there family members of Honorable and Brave Patriotic Vietnam Veterans present

Please stand or raise your hand in respectful representation?)

¶ 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!

Let us show our respect to Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Vietnam Veteran

Our true American Patriot ¶ Our true American Hero

With a big heartfelt round of applause

Would all 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 in fellowship with Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Vietnam Veteran?

And would all Patriotic Americans please stand in fellowship with Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Vietnam Veteran?

The following song is dedicated to Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Vietnam Veteran

To all Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans present

To all Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans who have been respectfully represented by their loved ones'

To all Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic Americans who have served and who are serving our great country

And to all truehearted Americans.

♪ GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.

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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 true 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 wife 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

Are there Honorable Women present who have worked or who are working:

In Our Public Education, In Our Public Service, In Our Ladies Auxiliary, In Our American Red Cross,

In Our USO, In Our Special Services, In Our Defense Department and/or In 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.

I had the distinct privilege of singing the following song:

THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS

For the Vietnam Woman's Memorial Dedication Ceremony

In Washington DC - Veterans Day 1993

Today I dedicate this special song

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

Who have served or who are serving our country in The Armed Forces and/or the Public Safety of the United States

And to all truehearted American Women

Thank God for you.

♪ THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS

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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 or raise your hand 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.

And let us now bow our heads in silent prayer

For 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

Still unaccounted-for

They shall never-be-forgotten.

The following song is dedicated to all Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic American Prisoners-of-War

And in reverent and ever-faithful recognition

To all Our Honorable and Brave Patriotic American Prisoners-of-War and Missing-in-Action

Still unaccounted-for

They shall never-be-forgotten.

♪ AMERICAN PRISONER-OF-WAR

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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

My fellow Patriotic Americans

At this time, United-As-One

Let us show our respect / Let us pay homage:

To all our true American Patriots ¶ To all 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

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 ¶ Grandfathers and Grandmothers

Sons and Daughters ¶ Grandsons and Granddaughters

Husbands and Wives ¶ Brothers and Sisters

Uncles and Aunts ¶ Nephews and Nieces

Relatives and Friends

Now and Forever, Amen

Most Righteous and Almighty Creator

Welcome into Thy Divine Kingdom

Our Honorable Americans

Our Loyal Patriots

Our Outstanding Citizens

Our Noble Countrymen and Women

Our Brave Warriors

Our Unyielding Defenders

Our Real Champions

Our True Heroes

Our Faithful Guardians

Our Fearless Saviors

Our Blessed Martyrs

Who through their service and sacrifice

Who through their suffering and death - blood, sweat and tears

Have made a most splendid reality

For you and me

For millions upon millions of Americans

And for millions upon millions upon millions of people

To possess a magnificent birthright and the bountiful satisfaction of living their lives in Freedom

May they be seated at Thy Right Hand

May perpetual light shine upon them

And May their most faithful - most precious and most honorable souls

Through Thy Divine Mercy, rest forever in peace, Amen.”

                                                                                                                                                             ~  Petty Officer Jim Cava, US Navy Ret. (1948-

“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, support and defend

Our Good Country and Our Good Brothers and Sisters

And let us always safeguard Our Children from that which is harmful and anti-American

As together we sing:

♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA

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My fellow Patriotic Americans

We are the highest of God's Creation

“A-Number-One”

Made perfectly with:

A Heart! and A Soul!

A Body! and A Mind!

We possess the greatest treasure on earth

“The Gift-of-Life”

Born exquisitely with:

Virtue!  Intelligence!

And Potentiality! - Our very own Exceptional Power!

We are a Human Beings!

We are Somebody!  We are Special!

We are Important!  We are Great!  We are an Americans!

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

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!

This ends our Patriotic Ceremony

I will be praying for you - please pray for me

May God Bless You and May God Bless Our Country:

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD

Until I see you again

I wish you Health, Happiness, Peace and God's Blessing

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Petty Officer Jim Cava

United States Navy Retired

“The Patriotic Voice of America”

Corpsman / 5^th Marines, Vietnam 1968

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American Patriotism breeds:

Loyalty ¶ Morality ¶ Responsibility ¶ Fellowship ¶ Courage ¶ Strength

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