Independence Day, in the United States, the Fourth of July, a time when family and friends are getting together in celebration with pool parties, picnics or a day at the beach. An evening filled with excitement and fireworks. For many children this day is a highlight of their summer vacation as they will soon be returning to school. Many adults thinking as it as a long weekend … [Read more...]
Memorial Day a Day of Remembrance
Memorial Day is Not Just Another Vacation Day Memorial Day is not just another holiday when kids and teenagers have a break from school and parents get off work, it is a special day of remembrance and honor. Memorial Day is a day that reminds us of the parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, friends and neighbors that have given their life so that we … [Read more...]
First Hanukkah Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving 2013 fell on the first night of Hanukkah and it was the first time since 1888 that it fell on Thanksgiving day. The next time will not be for 79,000 years. A group of students and their teachers shared this once in a lifetime event in a video titled, "The First Hanukkah Thanksgiving," Unfortunately that video is no longer available to Kids Speak for America. In … [Read more...]
Living American Flag
The living American flag, “Whose broad stripes and bright stars,” a site to behold as 6,902 American school children clad in red, white and blue ponchos formed the largest living American flag on September 9, 2014, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of “The Star Spangled Banner,” written by Francis Scott Key's in September 1814. … [Read more...]
Flag Day and the Flag of the United States
Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th in the United States. Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777. This video is inspirational for kids and adults and shows the importance of our American Flag. The video gives kids, young people and adults a better understanding of what our flag is and is not. … [Read more...]