{"id":80706,"date":"2020-01-23T09:12:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T14:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=80706"},"modified":"2020-01-23T09:12:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T14:12:48","slug":"f-is-for-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2020\/01\/23\/f-is-for-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"F is for flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ROTC cadets from Wright State University visited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miniuniversity.net\/wright-state-university\/\">Mini University<\/a> on Jan. 17 to teach preschool and pre-kindergarten children about the American flag. Cadets taught students the Pledge of Allegiance, what the stars and stripes on the flag represent, colors of the flag and how to properly respect the flag during the national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s important for these kids to learn about where they\u2019re growing up,\u201d said cadet Jody Berry, a senior mechanical engineering student.<\/p>\n<p>Mini U staff prepared the students for the cadets&#8217; visit by reading the book \u201cF is for Flag\u201d by Wendy Cheyette Lewison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kids were definitely excited,\u201d said Michelle Stoffa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wright.edu\/air-force-rotc\">Air Force ROTC<\/a> commander and professor of aerospace studies.<\/p>\n<p>RaNae Street, the program administrator at Mini University, invited ROTC cadets to Mini U after realizing the school&#8217;s tattered flag needed to be replaced. \u201cI really hope the students will gain that level of respect and be able to honor the country that they live in,\u201d said Street.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the visit, students watched with their hands over their hearts as cadets sang \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d and raised a new American flag on the 25-foot-high flagpole near the entrance of the school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great symbol of unity and the importance of being together, and they will see that every day when they walk through the doors,\u201d said Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> ROTC cadets from Wright State University visited Mini University to teach preschool and pre-kindergarten children about the American flag. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2020\/01\/23\/f-is-for-flag\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":80710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4306,729,725,727,2039,715,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-air-force-rotc","category-around-campus","category-home-news-sidebar","category-homepage-photos-and-video","category-military-veterans","category-news","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80706"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80798,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80706\/revisions\/80798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}