Category: Being an American

• Memorial Day 2022

  Lest we forget. . . Remember the men in uniform who fought so we can have the freedom we enjoy today. Memorial Day, as Decoration Day gradually came to be known, originally honored only those lost while fighting in the Civil War. But during World War I, the United States found itself embroiled in another…

  SCLMRose

  30 May 2022

  #Holidays, #LongIslandNY, Being an American, Historical Events, U.S. History

  #MemorialDay, #Patriotism

• Critical Race Theory: What is it?

  By: Christopher F. Rufo, Founder and Director, Battlefront Reprinted by permission from Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College. Critical Race Theory is fast becoming America’s new institutional orthodoxy. Yet most Americans have never heard of it – and of those who have, many don’t understand it. It’s time for this to change. We need to…

  SCLMRose

  1 Aug 2021

  Being an American, U.S. History

  #Capitalism, #CriticalRaceTheory, #Diversity, #Equity, #Marxism, #Racism, #SocialJustice

• Memorial Day 2021

  Memorial Day 2021 Please take a moment to pause, and lest we forget, Memorial Day is all about the members of the armed forces who gave the ultimate sacrifice for all of us to be free. It is not about enjoying the long weekend going to the beach or having a BBQ in your backyard.…

  SCLMRose

  30 May 2021

  Being an American, Historical Events, The Great War, U.S. History, WAR MEMORIAL, World War I, WWII

  #Memorial Day, #Taps, "TapsAcrossAmerica

• Monday Motivation

  While cleaning up my husband’s papers, I came across this piece of ethos amongst his notes while a student at a Dale Carnegie class. That must be at least 40 years ago. It applied then and it still very much applies today. What it means to be an American.

  SCLMRose

  17 Aug 2020

  #PositiveThinking, Being an American, Blogging

  Food for thought, Inspiration, Writing