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A stunning celebration of our group and patriotism occured in The Shoals, Alabama, and all across the nation, on Sunday, April 27. This 12 months, the Chief Colbert County National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution (NSDAR) introduced prizes and ribbons to the winners of the Junior American Citizens Awards (JAC) in a little Baptist church in Tuscumbia. 

Have you heard of the Junior American Citizens? Neither had I. I believed that instructing youngsters about American historical past and patriotic themes had been displaced by gender indoctrination and social emotional studying. So, it’s refreshing and heartening to be confirmed improper. 

As President Donald Trump inspired in his Thursday night time speech to the 2025 University of Alabama graduating class, if we’re to, “build a very, very strong America. Stronger, prouder, better, and more unified than ever before,” it can require instructing our kids and others to embrace American beliefs and the American Dream. The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is looking for to do just that: protect historical past, educate, and encourage patriotism across the United States. The JAC program seeks to start this as early as doable, through instructing, the ceremony, and the symbolic significance of it. This permits patriotism and love of America to be caught, as nicely as taught.

That weight of patriotism and symbolism is the subject of this week’s Feel-Good Friday.

Thanks to Margaret Lovett of the Chief Colbert NSDAR for alerting me to this occasion.

So what is the Junior American Citizens Award? Since 1901, the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) has welcomed participation by elementary, center, and high college college students in this awards contest. The JAC presents contests in artwork, inventive expression, and group service for grades pre-Okay-12 and any youngster is eligible to enter. No membership to the Children of the American Revolution or a Junior American Children’s membership is required. 

The JAC contestant entries are judged by their grade on 4 ranges: gifted artist/author, normal, particular wants/particular impact, and non-declared/unspecified. Every youngster might enter the competition regardless of skill. 

The 2025 JAC contest theme was: crusing with the Stars and Stripes to have a good time the 250th birthday of the US Navy and Marine Corps. All the competition entries – the writing, the poetry, and artist displays – embodied this theme fairly properly, and each grade degree confirmed large expertise and depth. Weighty topics render weighty outcomes.

But what was most pleasant to observe was the keenness and pleasure of the youngsters as they confirmed off their work and acquired their awards. You might inform that the youngsters loved delving into their subject, and had enjoyable with the analysis of this facet of American historical past.  

Kudos to the NSDAR for the eye to the symbolism and weight of our American beliefs weaved all through the occasion: from the presentation of the colours by the American Legion Colbert County Post 31, to the prayers by the NSDAR chaplain, to the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, these youngsters had been being weaved, steeped, and strengthened in the aim of the historical past they’d just realized. 

Scottie Floyd, the Vice Regent of Chief Colbert DAR congratulated the youngsters and stated:

I’m so proud of these younger people. I do know it takes a lot to get it accomplished because it preferred to have killed me and my crew to go through and select the winners. There had been too many entries that had been so good, and each and every one is a winner: it would not matter if it is first, second or third place. You all received large and I’m proud of you. 

The smiles on their little faces and the sense of satisfaction speaks volumes.

Alabama will get a horrible rap for being at the underside in phrases of instructional outcomes. The 2025 UA commencement class, and the scholars who acquired Junior American Citizens awards, belie the stats and data disseminated. These younger people are motivated and engaged, and with the teachings in patriotism and American historical past they’ve realized, soaked up their task and delivered spectacularly. These elementary-aged youngsters in Gen Alpha are the era to whom the Gen Z school graduates will go the torch, so it’s lovely to see them already being steeped in what they need to pursue and additional American ideals–and the American Dream.

Editor’s Note: President Trump is main America into the “Golden Age” as Democrats strive desperately to stop it.  

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