911 Half Staff Alert
 

Not that anyone needs reminding.

It's hard to believe that it's been 11 years...

Dan

Amen, and NEVER FORGET!!!!!!

Raised and lowed our flag to half staff this morning just as the sun started to rise. Stopped to say a prayer and the "Pledge of Allegiance" at the base of the flag pole at work this morning.
God Bless America.

I put my flag at Half Staff first thing today.

I Can Never Forget

http://kevinlemire.homestead.com/Donnie.html

We will never forget, nor forgive...

"Colors"
 

"On ships of the US Navy, First Call is sounded at 0755, 5 minutes ahead of Morning Colors (raising the national ensign), and 5 minutes before Evening Colors (lowering the national ensign). In the absence of a bugle, the word is passed, "First call, first call to colors." The same ceremony takes place on shore establishments but not on ships underway".

This is the way I remember it from my time in the NAVY, back in the Sixties. If you were driving on a Naval Base at 0759 (AM) you should be prepared to "Pull Over" and STOP for Colors at 0800. In the evening, Colors was held AT Sunset. :) NB

In Real Life long after the NAVY. I raize the ensign every day (Never in Bad Weather) the first chance I get in the morning, and Colors at Sunset....Again....IF I Remember it....I'm just an Old Coot. :D

Flags to stay at half staff
 

Obama orders flags to half-staff after Benghazi attack.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered American flags flying above government buildings, military vessels and posts around the world be flown at half-staff until sunset on September 16 "as a mark of respect" for the victims of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.