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

GOLDEN RULES AND PATRIOTISM

 

 

Kindergarten to Second Grade Program

 

 

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Petty Officer Jim Cava, United States Navy Retired

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(Thirty minutes)

 

 

 

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At this time

United-As-One

We will honor our country by taking part in a Patriotic 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 am a combat decorated veteran who served our country proudly

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

As founder of:

 OPERATION RED, WHITE AND BLUE

I continue to serve our country proudly

By Strongly Supporting

Our American Golden Rules and Patriotism

 

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 we pledge our allegiance to our country:

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Everyone, please look at our flag and place your hands on your hearts?

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

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

 

That was great!

Give yourselves a big heartfelt round of applause!

 

 

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THINK-A LOT

If one - If only one

Good and Brave American

Has served us!

Has suffered for us!  And has died for us!

To protect us!

To protect our goodness and our rights!

To protect the goodness and the rights of all people!

And To protect our country and the Golden Rules for which she stands!

Shouldn't we Think-A-Lot

Of Our Good and Brave American?

 

Many - Many - Many

Good and Brave Americans

Have served us!  Are serving us!

Have suffered for us!  Are suffering for us!

Have died for us!  And Are dying for us!

To protect us!

To protect our goodness and our rights!

To protect the goodness and the rights of all people!

And To protect our country and the Golden Rules for which she stands!

 

 

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Patriotism is love for one’s country.

 

American Patriotism is love for the Good and Brave Americans who made our country

And the Golden Rules 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 Good Americans who keep Our Golden Rules

And love for the Good and Brave Americans who protect our country.

 

Our American Golden Rules show us the way:

To be -  A Good Person!  To do - What is Right!

And To be - All That We Can Be by Learning and Respecting!

 

Our American Golden Rules and Good Americans are what make our country great.

 

We believe this to be Good! We believe this to be Right!

That all people are created equal That all people are made the same

With a Heart!  And a Soul!

With a Body!  And a Mind!

That no one is better than you

That you are no better then someone else

That it is wrong to bully someone else

That it is wrong to make-fun-of someone else

 

That all people are given by their Creator

Certain rights that they are born with

That among these 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 stated their strong belief:

In the Goodness of all people

And

In the of Rights all people

And a new and free nation was born, our country:

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

The CONSTITUTION of our country

The law of our land

Promises that:

The Goodness of all people

And

The Rights of all people

Will be respected and protected.

 

To quote our Sixteenth President

This is what that great man said to us:

“And that government

Of the people, by the people, for the people

Shall not perish, disappear, from the earth.”

                                                                                                                                    ~  Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President (1861-1865)

 

Let's hear it for:

Abraham Lincoln - Our Sixteenth President

 

The United States is:

The land of the free and the home of the brave

And really the Greatest Nation in the World.

 

Please sing along with me.

THE YANKEE DOODLE BOY

I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy,

A Yankee Doodle do or die;

A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam’s

Born on the Fourth of July.

 

AMERICA

My country, 'tis of Thee,
Sweet Land of Liberty
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountain side
Let Freedom ring.

 

 

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American Patriotism is:

Respect-for that which is Good!

And

Respect-for that which is Right! 

Respect is a very important part of life!

To respect someone or something means:

To think of someone or something as - Good!

To think of someone or something as - Very Important!

And To give that someone or something - Special Attention!

 

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Our country

THE UNITED  STATES OF AMERICA

And the Golden Rules for which she stands

Respect-for

The Good and Brave Americans who made our country

Respect-for:

The symbol of our country's greatness and all that she stands-for, our flag:

The Star Spangled Banner

 Please sing along with me.

YOU’RE A GRAND OLD FLAG

You’re a grand old flag
You’re a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave
You’re the emblem of
The land I love
The home of the free and the brave
Every heart beats true
‘Neath the red white and blue
Where there’s never a boast or brag
Should old acquaintance be forgot
Keep your eye on the grand old flag

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Our Loving Parents

And

Our Good School Superintendants, Principals and Teachers

Let's hear it for:

Your Loving Parents

And

Your Good School Superintendants, Principals and Teachers

 

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Our Good Veterans

Our Good Police Officers and Fire Fighters

Our Good First Aid and Ambulance Personnel

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Our Good Disabled Americans

Our Good Younger Americans and Senior Citizens

Our Good Honest Workers and Kind Volunteers

 

American Patriotism is respect-for:

Oneself

By Being - A Good Person!

And

By Doing - What is Right!

 

American Patriotism is knowing:

We are “The-Best-of-All”

That has been made

“A-Number-One”

Made Perfectly

With a Heart!  A Soul!

A Body!  And a Mind!

American Patriotism is knowing:

We have the greatest treasure on earth

“The Gift-of-Life”

Born Magnificently!

With Goodness!  Intelligence!

And Potentiality! - Our very own Special Power!

American Patriotism is knowing:

We are People!

We are Somebody!  We are Special!

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

 

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

Being-responsible-for: The things we say and do!

Being-thankful-for: Who we are!  

And Taking-hold-of: Our power!

 

American Patriotism is Trying-our-Best:

To be - A Good Person!  To do - What is Right! 

And To be - All That We Can Be by Learning and Respecting!

 

American Patriotism is knowing:

Smoking cigarettes will choke - Our Breathing Life!

Drinking alcohol will weaken - Our Powerful Life!

Using violence will upset - Our Gentle Life!

Being mean will hurt - Our Fragile Life!

Taking drugs will destroy: - Our Only Life!

 

American Patriotism is really a good way of living.

 

Please sing along with me.

 

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!

 

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good, with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

America! America! America!

 

 

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My fellow Americans

We will never, never, never forget

Our many Good and Brave American men and women

Our real American Patriots Our real American Heroes

Who have given and who are giving unselfishly of themselves

In service to our country!

To protect us!

To protect our rights and our goodness!

To protect the rights and the goodness of all people!

And To protect our country and the Golden Rules for which she stands!

To all who have bravely served and to all who are bravely serving our country!

We are forever thankful to them and we will always keep their patriotism close to our hearts.

 

Are there Good and Brave 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 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

 

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!

They are special Americans:

Because they have given (and are giving) unselfishly of themselves in service to our country!

They are special Americans:

Because without Good and Brave Americans like them our great country would not be!

 

Let us show our respect

To our real American Patriots To our real American Heroes

With a big heartfelt round of applause.

 

My fellow Americans My fellow Patriots

We all thank you for your love of our great country:

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Let us now show our respect

To all our real American Patriots To all our real American Heroes

Not professional baseball players - football players - hockey players - tennis players  - basketball players

Not golfers and race car drivers - not boxers and wrestlers - not movie stars - not rock stars

But our real American Hero’s

Who have bravely served and who are bravely serving our country

In the Armed Forces and the Public Safety of the United States

With a big heartfelt round of applause after I name each branch and department.

Let's hear it for:

Our United States Navy

Our United States Marine Corps

Our United States Army

Our United States Air Force

Our United States Coast Guard

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 Good and Brave Patriotic Americans who risk their lives everyday for our country, for us

To all the good people around 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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The greatest treasure we have is:

“The Gift-of-Life”

 

There is no greater love in the entire universe

Than for A Good and Brave American

To give his or her precious life:

To protect us!

To protect our rights and our goodness!

To protect the rights and the goodness of all people!

And To protect our country and the Golden Rules for which she stands!

 

Please stand

At this time, United-As-One

Let us show our respect

To Our Good and Brave Americans who died for our country, for us!

 

My fellow Americans

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

TAPS

 

TAPS

Day is done

Gone the sun

And the stars all appear

One by one

Rest in peace

Companions dear

God is near

 

 

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We are One Family!

We are a Good Family!  We are a Great Family!

We are “The American Family”

United-As-One

Let us love

Our Good Country

And all the Good People we know

As together we sing:

 

GOD BLESS AMERICA

"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free,
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer."

 

God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, my home sweet home.

God bless America, my home sweet home.

 

 

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All that

Your Good Country

Your Loving Parents

Your Good School Superintendants, Principals and Teachers

Ask of you is that you

Try-your-best:

To be - A Good Person!  To do - What is Right! 

And To be - All That You Can Be by Learning and Respecting!

This is all that we 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 “The-Best-of-All”

That has been made

“A-Number-One”

Made Perfectly

With a Heart!  And a Soul!

With a Body!  And a Mind!

That you have the greatest treasure on earth

“The Gift-of-Life”

Born Magnificently

With Goodness!  Intelligence!

And Potentiality! - Your very own Special 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 Golden Rules for which she stands?

w Are you willing to respect yourself by:

Trying-your-Best:

To be - A Good Person!  To do - What is Right?

And To be - All That You Can Be by Learning and Respecting?

w And Are you willing to give your Word-of-Honor by taking:

The American Patriot Pledge?

Those who are willing to take this very special pledge, please stand?

 

Knowing:

That you are “The-Best-of-All”

That has been made

“A-Number-One”

Made Perfectly

That you have the greatest treasure on earth

“The Gift-of-Life”

Born Magnificently

That you are a Person!

That you are Somebody!  That you are Special!

That you are Important!  That you are Great!  That you are an American!

Should give you a most wonderful feeling deep inside.

I would like you to express that wonderful feeling by saying your first and last name out loud - right now!

Now 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 my Good Country

And all the Good People I know

To respect that which is Good!

And

To respect that which is Right!

To respect:

My Country

THE UNITED  STATES OF AMERICA

And the Golden Rules 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 Good and Brave Americans who made my country

To respect:

The symbol of my country's greatness and all that she stands-for, my flag:

The Star Spangled Banner

To respect:

My Loving Parents

My Good School Superintendants, Principals and Teachers

To respect:

My Good Veterans

My Good Police Officers and Fire Fighters

My Good First Aid and Ambulance Personnel

To respect:

My Good Disabled Americans

My Good Younger Americans and Senior Citizens

My Good Honest Workers and Kind Volunteers

To respect:

Myself

By Being - A Good Person!

And

By Doing - What is Right!

To know:

That all people are created equal / That all people are made the same

With a Heart!  And a Soul!

With a Body!  And a Mind!

That no one is better than I am

That I am no better then someone else

That it is wrong to bully someone else

That it is wrong to make-fun-of someone else

To know:

That all people are given by their Creator certain rights that they are born with

That among these rights are:

LIFE - That it is right for all people to Live

LIBERTY - That it is right for all people to be Free

And the pursuit of HAPPINESS - That it is right for all people to be Happy

To know:

I am “The-Best-of-All”

That has been made

“A-Number-One”

Made Perfectly

With a Heart!  And a Soul!

With a Body!  And a Mind!

To know:

I have the greatest treasure on earth

“The-Gift-of-Life”

Born Magnificently!

With Goodness!  Intelligence!

And Potentiality! - My very own Special Power!

To know:

I am a Person!

I am Somebody!  I am Special!

I am Important!  I am Great!  I am an American!

To believe-in: My Country and in Myself!

To be-responsible-for: The things I say and do!

To be-thankful-for: Who I am!  And To take-hold-of: My power!

To Try-my-Best:

To be - A Good Person!  To do - What is Right! 

And To be - All That I Can Be by Learning and Respecting?

To know:

Smoking cigarettes will choke - My Breathing Life!

Drinking alcohol will weaken - My Powerful Life!

Using violence will upset - My Gentle Life!

Being mean will hurt - My Fragile Life!

Taking drugs will destroy: - My Only Life!

And this I pledge with all my heart.

 

 

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My fellow Americans

Today is really a special day

Because today you have learned:

Why our country, the United States of America, is great!

And why you are great!

And because today you have pledged with your loving hearts:

To be - A Good Person!  To do - What is Right! 

And To be - All That You Can Be by Learning and Respecting!

With all my heart:

I congratulate you!  I thank you!  And I salute you!   
And you have to be great for me to salute you.

And you are Great!

Now, I would like you to tell yourselves and the whole world that you are great!

Please repeat after me:

I AM GREAT!  I AM GREAT!  I AM GREAT!

Yes, you are great!

Please do not forget that.

 

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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American Patriotism breeds:

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