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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 GOLDEN RULES AND PATRIOTISM
Kindergarten to Second Grade Program
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Petty Officer Jim Cava, United States Navy Retired ________________________________________
(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,
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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 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,
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