by janet | Jun 29, 2014 | Click Date to Respond
An American Baptist minister, Francis Bellamy (1855-1931), wrote the pledge in August of 1892. The original pledge read: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”. The pledge was first published in 1892 in the September editions of “Youth’s Companion Magazine” and “Reader’s Digest”.
Under the leadership of the American Legion and the Daughters of the American Revolution, the pledge’s words were changed slightly in 1924, when the National flag Conference decided to replace “my flag” with “to the flag of the United States of America”.
After a campaign fronted by the Knights of Columbus, the words, “under God” were added by Congress in 1954.
by janet | Jun 23, 2014 | Click Date to Respond
Come join us as we follow Moses and the people of Israel through their wilderness travels.
This year’s VBS – August 3-8 from 6:30-8:30 pm
Here at Meridian Avenue Baptist Church
Sponsored by
The Wichita Cooperative ABC Churches.
by janet | Jun 8, 2014 | Click Date to Respond
Birth of Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager famous for her diary, in Frankfort, Germany. At the age of four, she and her family left Germany for Amsterdam, Netherlands, to escape Nazi persecution. In July 1942 her family and four others were forced into hiding and managed to evade detection until August 1944. Taken into custody by German occupation forces, Anne died in March 1945 at the Bergen-Belson German concentration camp. Anne’s diary was later discovered in the family’s hiding place and first published in 1947.
by janet | Jun 3, 2014 | Click Date to Respond
June 5, 1967
Beginning of the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War. The out come of the war generates news headlines even today.
June 6, 1844
The Young Men’s Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) was founded in London, England, by George Williams. (The first American branch was founded seven years later, 1851, in Boston). Originally, the Y.M.C.A. was a lay, interdenominational Protestant organization that sought to win young men to Christ while developing their powers of body, mind, and spirit.
by janet | May 28, 2014 | Click Date to Respond
Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of the organization of Union Veterans – the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) – established Decoration Day as a time to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Major General John. A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observed on May 30. It is believed that date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country.
The preferred name for the holiday gradually changed from “Decoration Day” to “Memorial Day”, which was first used in 1882. The usage of the name declared the official name by Federal law until 1967. On June 28,1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which moved several holidays, including Memorial Day, from their traditional dates to a specified Monday in order to create a convenient three-day weekend. The change moved Memorial Day from its traditional May 30th date to the last Monday in May. The law took effect at the federal level in 1971. (source Wikipedia)
