FLAG RECIPE |
| Need: |
1 cup red Chips (poker chips or construction paper) |
| 1 cup white Chips (poker chips or construction paper) |
| 1 cup blue Chips (poker chips or construction paper) |
| Stars or Glitter |
| 1 Spoon |
| 1 large Pot |
| American Flag |
| Fold the flag and place into the pot, in such a manner, that it will be easy to lift it out by the corners. |
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| Girl #1: |
We're going to fix for you a treat that's really grand, and make for you a recipe - the greatest in the land. |
| Girl #2: |
In first we put a heaping cup of RED for courage true.
(Sprinkle in the red chips) |
| Girl #3: |
Then we will add for loyalty, a dash of heavenly BLUE.
(Sprinkle in the blue chips) . |
| Girl #4: |
For purity, we will sift in a layer of snowy WHITE.
(Sprinkle in the white chips) |
| Girl #5: |
We will sprinkle in a pinch of STARS to make it come out right.
(Sprinkle in the stars/glitter) |
| Girl #6: |
We will stir and stir and then you will see, what we have made is . . . 'Old Glory'. |
| All: |
This is our flag, may we always be loyal. |
| 2 Girls: |
Lift the flag out of the pot and hold it high. (Blue field at the top, to the right of the presenters - to the left of the audience.) |
| All: |
Pledge of alligence |
| All: |
Girl Scout Promise |
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FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY |
Lower the flag from the pole (or remove it from the staff) and carry it to the fire site.
Place the stars, as the audience sees them, in the upper left hand corner. |
| Girl #1: |
Remember as you look at the Flag, it is the symbol of our nation, it is red because of human sacrifice; blue because of the true blue loyalty of its defenders; and white symbolizes liberty - our land of the free. The stars are symbols of the united efforts and hope in the hearts of the many people striving to keep America great. |
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Cut the field of blue from the stripes - have someone hold onto this piece. |
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Next, cut each stripe from the "whole" and lay each piece, one at a time, across the flames. |
| Girl #2: |
First Stripe - The thirteen stripes stand for the thirteen original colonies which are: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island. |
| Girl #3: |
Second Stripe - The white stands for purity. |
| Girl #4: |
Third Stripe - The red stands for courage. |
| Girl #5: |
Fourth Stripe - Give me liberty or give me death. |
| Girl #6: |
Fifth Stripe - One if by land, two if by sea. |
| Girl #7: |
Sixth Stripe - We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution on the United States of America. |
| Girl #8: |
Seventh Stripe - We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal. They are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. |
| Girl #9: |
Eighth Stripe - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. |
| Girl #10: |
Ninth Stripe - Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or press. |
| Girl #11: |
Tenth Stripe - Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. |
| Girl #12: |
Eleventh Stripe - The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state because they are female. |
| Girl #13: |
Twelfth Stripe - Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. |
| Girl #14: |
Thirteenth Stripe - One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. |
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After all the stripes have been burned, the field of blue is laid on the fire - all are silent until the entire piece burns to ash.
Out of respect, nothing should ever be added to the ceremonial fire after the Flag has been retired. |
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The ceremony ends with everyone departing in silence. |
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After the ashes have cooled, they should be buried. |
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FLASHLIGHT FLAG CEREMONY |
| Need: |
4 Flashlights |
| Flag |
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| Color Guard advances with Flag and posts Colors. Lights are turned out so that the room is in total darkness. Flashlight bearers turn on flashlights (or light candles) and direct light toward flag. |
| Girl #1: |
What you see here tonight represents the past, present, and future. The stripes of Old Glory stand for the original thirteen colonies. The stars represent the present 50 states. The light and warmth of the four lights you see shining remind us of the four great freedoms - Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion. Eliminate any one of these freedoms and our world would become darker and colder. |
| Girl #2: |
Freedom of the Press
(One of the flashlights is turned off.) |
| Girl #3: |
Freedom of Assembly
(Another of the flashlights is turned off.) |
| Girl #4: |
Freedom of Speech
(Another of the flashlights is turned off.) |
| Girl #5: |
Freedom of Religion
(Another of the flashlights is turned off. Room should be in darkness.) |
| Girl #6: |
In this world of potential cold and darkness, of rule by a few, stands the United States of America. Here the Four Freedoms do exist and are an example of warmth and light for all. Will you please join us in the salute to our flag?
(Turn flashlights back on and direct light toward flag) |
| All: |
Pledge of Allegiance |
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TRADITIONAL CLOSING CEREMONY |
Would you all please stand for the retrieval of the flag.
This is the signal that the ceremony is about to start. |
Girl Scouts Attention
This is the signal that the girls should be ready to start. |
Color Guard Attention
If the Color Guard has been standing "At Ease", it comes to "Attention." |
Color Guard Approach
Indoors - The Color Guard walks toward the front of the room and stands in front of the flag stands.
Outdoors - The Color Guard walks to the flagpole. |
| Would you all please join me in the singing of Taps.` |
Color Guard, Honor your Colors.
The Color Guard salutes the Flag and then returns to "Attention." |
Color Guard, Retrieve the Colors.
Indoors - The Color Guard removes the flags from the stands, the American Flag first.
Outdoors - The Flag Bearer lowers the flag slowly and with dignity. The Color Bearers fold the flag(s). |
Color Guard Dismissed.
The Color Guard carries the flag to the back of the room, or carries the folded flag to an appropriate place. |
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TRADITIONAL OPENING CEREMONY |
Would you all please stand for the retrieval of the flag.
This is the signal that the ceremony is about to start. |
Would you all please stand for the presentation of the flag.
This is the signal that the ceremony is about to start. |
Girl Scouts Attention
This is the signal that the girls should be ready to start. |
Color Guard Attention
If the Color Guard has been standing "At Ease" it comes to "Attention." |
Color Guard Advance
Indoors - The Color Guard carries the flag(s) toward the front of the room and stands in front of the flag stands.
Outdoors - The Color Guard carries the flag to the flagpole |
Color Guard, Post the Colors
Indoors - The Color Guard places the flags in the stands, the American Flag last.
Outdoors - The Flag Bearer attaches the flag to the rope and quickly hoists the flag, the American flag is raised first. |
Color Guard, Honor your Colors
The Color Guard salutes the Flag and then returns to "Attention" until The Pledge of Allegiance, songs, poems, Girl Scout Promise, are done now. |
Would you all please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance
All, except for the Color Guard, say the Pledge of Allegiance. |
Color Guard Dismissed
The Color Guard walks to the back of the room, or away from the flag pole. |
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