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id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13449"><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13486"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13485"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13484"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13483"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13482"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13481"><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13479"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13478"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13477"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13476"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13475"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13474"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13473"><div 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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#3366FF'> </span></b></span><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#3366FF'>John McCain's remarks about the Pledge of Allegiance!</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13455"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13454"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13453"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13452"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13451"><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>In light of the recent appeals court ruling in California ,</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>with respect to the Pledge of Allegiance,</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>the following recollection from Senator John McCain is very appropriate:</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>"The Pledge of Allegiance" - by Senator John McCain</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment,</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13498"><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>the NVA kept us in solitary confinement two or three to a cell.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416408006315_13495"><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>a few hundred POW's 10,000 miles from home.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>One of the men who moved into my room</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>was a young man named Mike Chris tian.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Mike</span></b></span><span class=yiv7721536263apple-converted-space><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b></span><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>came from a small town near Selma , Alabama .</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>He didn't wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>by going to Officer Training School . Then he became a</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Mike</span></b></span><span class=yiv7721536263apple-converted-space><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b></span><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>As part Of the change in treatment,</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>In some of these packages were handkerchiefs,</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>scarves and other items of clothing.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Mike</span></b></span><span class=yiv7721536263apple-converted-space><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b></span><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months,</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>he created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup,</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>we would hang Mike 's shirt on the wall of the cell</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>and say the Pledge of Allegiance.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>in that stark cell it was indeed</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>the most important and meaningful event.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically,</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>and discovered Mike 's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Chris tian severely for the next couple of hours.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>We cleaned him up as well as we could.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>on which we slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Chris tian. He was sitting there</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received,</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>made Mike Chris tian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>how important it was to us to be able to Pledge our allegiance to our flag and country.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance,</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>you must never forget the sacrifice and courage</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>and promote freedom around the world.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>and to the republic for which it stands, one nation </span></b></span><span class=yiv7721536263apple-converted-space><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b></span><span class=yiv7721536263><b><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>under God</span></u></b></span><span class=yiv7721536263apple-converted-space><b><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></u></b></span><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>,</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span class=yiv7721536263><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#3366FF'>You can even send it back to me, I don't mind, because it's worth reading.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <span class=yiv7721536263apple-converted-space> </span><br><img width=220 height=400 id=yiv772153626376054b34-3cda-4342-950d-807035bc5746 src="cid:BB692D9F72DE45DFB195A99AF298D6BF@ownerPC"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=220 height=400 id="BB692D9F72DE45DFB195A99AF298D6BF_x0040_ownerPC" src="cid:BB692D9F72DE45DFB195A99AF298D6BF@ownerPC"><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>