[Vision2020] Thank You

[Richard Schmidt]

Tom,

Thanks for passing this on to everyone. I'm an old guy and when I started school in September 1943 we sang "God Bless America" and then said the Pledge of Allegiance first thing every morning. Our teacher played the piano and also had a son fighting in Germany. At that time when the pledge was said we started with our hands at our sides and then when "to the flag" was said we extended our right arm with palm up on about a 60 degree angle towards the flag. Our politicians who were just about as stupid then as they are now decided we shouldn't do that any more as they didn't want it to be confused with the way Hitler and the Germans saluted with their right arms extended up on about a 45 degree angle with the "palm down". We then started covering our heart with our hand when the pledge was said. This is the first instance of "political correctness" I can remember. I don't know if there are any other old timers out there who did it that way or not.

Dick Schmidt
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Hansen 
  To: Moscow Vision 2020 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 9:45 AM
  Subject: [Vision2020] Thank You


  Greetings Visionaires -

   

  I would like to express my appreciation to Mayor Chaney and the members of our city council for standing their ground and assuming the initiative in what I hope will be a regular activity at city council sessions.

   

  As much I strongly believe in, and fervently support, the words of the Pledge of Allegiance, the heart-felt rendering (although not quite Jim Nabors quality) of "America the Beautiful" by our city council and led by John Dickinson, made me proud to be a citizen of this beautiful community.

   

  http://www.tomandrodna.com/Sounds/America_The_Beautiful.mp3

   

  It was needed and very much appreciated.

   

  Thank you, Councilman Dickinson.

   

  Take care, Moscow.

   

  Tom Hansen

  A Veteran

   

  "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." 

  --Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.

   



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