Today is the 7th of
December, seventy-five years after the surprise attack on our country. Pearl Harbor docked the U.S. naval fleet, the
attack sank or damaged the entire fleet.
The American casualties of 2,008 naval personnel and another 710
wounded, 109 marines lost their lives and another 69 wounded. The attack also killed 68 civilians and
wounded 35. All in all the attack killed
2,403 and wounded 1,178 non-combatants.
The United States had to this point
opted out of the war, but this surprise attack on our fleet and our country
sucked us into the whirlpool of war.
WWII had begun with the awakening of the “sleeping giant”.
Today, December 7th, 2016
is one day of remembrance that caused me to think about our country’s history
and how some of our country’s inhabitants have chosen to disrespect the
positive aspects of our country’s history.
In my religion, Christianity, the Blessed Trinity is revered as the
Triune God, a God comprised of three persons within the being of one God.
I stopped to think about what these
three national symbols of respect meant to me personally, and to a lot of our
society. It brought to my mind the similarity
between these three and the Trinity of my religious beliefs. These three, the
pledge, the anthem, and the flag are separate
but comprise the one unified purpose.
The purpose of respecting the history of a nation which brings the
rainbow of humanity into a place of unity and freedoms.
THE TRINITY OF RESPECT:
- The American flag, “OL” GlORY” was designed during the birth of our nation and has stayed as our national symbol. The flag carries with it a silent statement of our journey through history, the joys, and the sorrows, the successes and the failures, the acts that bring us pride, and the warts of shame that have prompted change and improvement. http://www.pbs.org/a-capitol-fourth/history/old-glory/ . It’s an interesting note to history that respect and awe for our flag brought about the other components of respect of country.
- After a British bombardment, amateur poet Francis Scott Key was so inspired by the sight of the American flag still flying over Baltimore's Fort McHenry that he wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" on Sept. 14, 1814. It officially became our national anthem in 1931.
- In 1892, the flag inspired James B. Upham and Francis Bellamy to write The Pledge of Allegiance. It was first published in a magazine called The Youth's Companion.
This trinity
remained as an integral part of the glue that gave our national society the
cohesiveness of unity. The unity that endured through numerous trials, errors,
and successes these all worked together to make our nation The United States of
America.
Throughout our
history people of all nationalities, colors and creeds have arrived at our
shores and borders to join our citizenry, to partake of our possibilities and a
chance to fulfill their dreams of a better life. These people learned to speak our language,
to respect our laws, and to respect each other as part of the same nation. A
nation that the pledged allegiance to as they recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
Today we see people burning and
stomping on our flag. People who choose to disrespect our national anthem. Education
administrators disposing of the recitation of our country’s pledge of
allegiance. To me, these actions give
cause to reflect on why and how this could have happened. We wounded by the disintegration of our
national unity, the erosion of faith and beliefs
that once gave strength to that unity.
We have allowed the
dissent of the 1960’s activists to infect our society. It has invaded our government, and our
educational system to the extent that many in our society are no longer aware
of the obstacles we have corrected and overcome throughout our history. We have allowed our borders to be infiltrated
by some who have no intention of becoming an integral part of our society. The immigrants who once came with the purpose
of assimilating into our society are now parsed with divisive elements with no
intent of assimilating.
The “Cold war” was
never just against nations, it was against ideologies, and that war has never been won
or lost.
Pray for our
country, love your neighbor, pray for peace and understanding.
God Bless America
https://youtu.be/x8qZ82FMZdM Red Skelton says the Pledge of Allegiance
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