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Our chapter meeting is the third Thursday of the month from September through June except for January.
Anyone interested in joining DAR is welcome to attend a meeting and become acquainted. Please Contact Us to learn more.
National Holidays
It is appropriate to display the flag every day, as long as it flies in accordance with the rules of the U.S. Flag Code.
However, it is particularly important to fly the flag on the following days:
New Year's Day, January 1
Inauguration Day, January 20
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, third Monday in January
Lincoln's Birthday, February 12
Washington's Birthday, third Monday in February
Easter Sunday (variable)
Mother's Day, second Sunday in May
Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May
Memorial Day (half-staff until noon), last Monday in May
Flag Day, June 14
Independence Day, July 4
Labor Day, first Monday in September
Constitution Day, September 17
Columbus Day, second Monday in October
Navy Day, October 27
Veterans Day, November 11
Thanksgiving Day, fourth Thursday in November
Christmas Day, December 25
According to the United States Flag Code, the Pledge "should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove any non-religious headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute."
The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America
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.
To give a deeper understanding behind our Pledge, please read the following.
I----meaning me, an individual, a committee of one.
Pledge----dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self pity.
Allegiance----my love and my devotion.
To the Flag----our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there is respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that
shouts freedom is everybody's job.
Of the United----that means that we have all come together.
States----individual communities that have united into 50 great states. 50 individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose, all divided with
imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common cause, and that's love of country.
Of America.
And to the Republic----a republic, a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is
the people and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
For which it stands!
One nation under God----meaning, so blessed by God.
Indivisible----incapable of being divided.
With Liberty----which is freedom and the right of power to live one's life without threats or fear or any sort of retaliation.
And justice----The principle and quality of dealing fairly with others.
For all.----which means, it's as much your country as it is mine."
Red Skelton
of the fundamental purposes and guiding principles that the Constitution is meant to serve.
In general terms it states, and courts have referred to it as reliable evidence of, the Founding Fathers' intentions regarding the Constitution's meaning and what they hoped it would achieve.
The Preamble for all intensive purposes identifies the "spirit" of the Constitution.
“We the People of the United States,
in order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice,
insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare,
and secure the blessings of Liberty
to ourselves and our posterity,
do ordain and establish this Constitution
for the United States of America.”
Patriotic Songs
They are not just words and melodies, but carry the true meaning of what our forefathers wanted and expected from us; their children. These songs still ring true today for our sons and daughters, who carry on and risk their lives.
The Star Spangled Banner On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Francis Scott Key
O! say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
America, The Beautiful
by Katharine Lee Bates - 1913
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!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern impassion'd stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness, And ev'ry gain divine!
O Beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!
My country, 'tis of Thee
My country, 'tis of Thee,
My native country, thee,
Let music swell the breeze,
Our fathers' God to Thee,
Thy safeguard, Liberty,
Beneath Heaven's gracious will
by Samuel F. Smith - 1832
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.
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills,
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.
And ring from all the trees
Sweet Freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
Author of Liberty,
To thee we sing,
Long may our land be bright
With Freedom's holy light,
Protect us by thy might
Great God, our King.
Our glorious Land to-day,
'Neath Education's sway,
Soars upward still.
Its hills of learning fair,
Whose bounties all may share,
behold them everywhere
On vale and hill!
The school shall ever be,
Our Nation's pride!
No tyrant hand shall smite,
While with encircling might
All here are taught the Right
With Truth allied.
The stars of progress still
Our course do sway;
In unity sublime
To broader heights we climb,
Triumphant over Time,
God speeds our way!
Grand birthright of our sires,
Our altars and our fires
Keep we still pure!
Our starry flag unfurled,
The hope of all the world,
In peace and light impearled,
God hold secure!