July 10, 2016

Remembering Bob Horan

Community Invited to "Remembering Bob Horan - Always in Our Hearts" –Tuesday, July 12 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.


In addition to services Friday and Saturday, Maple Hill High School will open its doors on Tuesday, July 12 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. for "Remembering Bob Horan – Always in Our Hearts," an opportunity for our community to come together and celebrate the life of Superintendent Horan.

July 7, 2016

Our Oath of Office A Solemn Promise

FBI Director James Comey once said this:

I James Comey do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

July 4, 2016

The Star Spangled Banner

The flag that inspired the National Anthem:

Francis Scott Key was a gifted amateur poet. Inspired by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry the morning after the bombardment, he scribbled the initial verse of his song on the back of a letter. Back in Baltimore, he completed the four verses (PDF) and copied them onto a sheet of paper, probably making more than one copy. A local printer issued the new song as a broadside. Shortly afterward, two Baltimore newspapers published it, and by mid-October it had appeared in at least seventeen other papers in cities up and down the East Coast.