ADVISORY/Southern California 11th Annual Pledge Across America, President Bush and U.S. Secretary of Education, Rod Paige Also Pledge Their Participation.

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ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Sept. 17)

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Celebration U.S.A.

Celebration U.S.A. Inc. invites you to participate in the coast-to-coast recitation rec·i·ta·tion
n.
1.
a. The act of reciting memorized materials in a public performance.

b. The material so presented.

2.
a. Oral delivery of prepared lessons by a pupil.

b. of the Pledge of Allegiance Pledge of Allegiance, in full, Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, oath that proclaims loyalty to the United States. and its national symbol. during the "Pledge Across America", part of this year's Constitution Day observances to be held Tuesday, Sept. 17.

U.S. Secretary of Education, Rod Paige Roderick Raynor "Rod" Paige (born June 17, 1933), served as the 7th United States Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2005. Paige, who grew up in Mississippi, built a career on a belief that education equalizes opportunity, moving from college dean and school superintendent to be will recite the Pledge with school children at a Washington D.C. area school, as Celebration U.S.A.'s founder, Paula Burton leads students at Forest Lawn Forest Lawn is the name of a number of different places:

Cemeteries

Forest Lawn is a generic name for many cemeteries in the United States. The majority of these are old, elaborate cemeteries that historically had a secondary use as a public park:

in Hollywood Hills The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of the City of Los Angeles, California, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse range of the Santa Monica Mountains, which extends from the Los Feliz District and Hollywood, on the south side of the Valley, to , Calif. President Bush is expected to participate from the White House.



Location:      Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, Calif.
Time:          11 a.m. PDT (media opportunity)
Place:         Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills
               6300 Forest Lawn Drive
               Los Angeles, CA  90068
               Forest Lawn contact: Paula Boger, 800/204-3131

About Celebration U.S.A.

Celebration U.S.A. is a non-profit educational organization established in 1992 to encourage young people to honor the principles of democracy, good citizenship and patriotism Patriotism
See also Chauvinism, Loyalty.

America, Captain

comic-strip character known as the “protector of the American way.” [Comics: Horn, 155–156]

American

elm traditional symbol of American patriotism. . Its mission is to provide educational resources to supplement and enrich existing American history curricula.

The group not only oversees the development of these materials, but also sponsors the "Catch the Spirit!" singers, who have performed for major political and community events throughout California and on five occasions, represented California at the Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C.

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