特朗普发表尊崇美国国旗总统致辞：退伍军人节前重申国旗礼仪
华盛顿 — 白宫11月7日发布特朗普总统的《尊崇美国国旗》总统致辞。11月7日是退伍军人节前的周六，特朗普在致辞中说，近两个半世纪以来，美国国旗一直是自由的象征，美国民众应以最高的尊重、尊严与敬意对待星条旗。
特朗普在致辞中回顾了国旗在美国历史上的两个时刻：1812年战争中，星条旗在 Fort McHenry 上空飘扬；第二次世界大战硫磺岛战役中，美国海军陆战队员在 Mount Suribachi 山顶升起国旗。他说，每一代美国人在战场上面对压迫时，国旗都是希望与自由的象征，尊崇国旗、不让它受到玷污，是每一位美国爱国者的庄严责任。
致辞援引《美国法典》第4编第8条的国旗礼仪规定：国旗代表一个活生生的国家，本身也被视为有生命之物；国旗服役期满、不再适合展示时，应以庄重的方式退役，最好以焚烧方式处理。特朗普说，全美各地的退伍军人服务组织、童子军团体与爱国民众长年以庄重的仪式办理国旗退役，他对此表示感谢。
特朗普在致辞中说，他去年已签署行政命令，要求对亵渎国旗者依法追究到底，在他领导下，玷污国旗的人将面临迅速而严厉的司法处理，其中包括煽动暴力的外国国民。致辞还宣布，退伍军人事务部本月将上线一项新的线上服务，集中提供如何正确尊崇、处置与退役美国国旗的全部信息。
特朗普最后说，国旗曾飘扬在战场与家园上空，曾被最勇敢的军人扛进战场，也曾覆盖在为保卫自由而牺牲的英雄的灵柩上，美国民众应继续捍卫星条旗所象征的价值，让它永远得到与其地位相称的尊严与尊崇。（来源：白宫）
Trump Issues Presidential Message on Honoring the American Flag Ahead of Veterans Day
Washington — The White House on November 7 released President Donald J. Trump's Presidential Message on Honoring the American Flag. In the message, issued on the Saturday before Veterans Day, Trump said the American flag has stood for nearly two and a half centuries as a symbol of freedom, and that Americans should recommit to treating the Stars and Stripes with the utmost respect, dignity and reverence.
Trump recalled two moments in American history: the Star-Spangled Banner waving above Fort McHenry, and the raising of the flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He said that in every generation and on every battlefield, the flag has shone as a beacon of hope and liberty in the face of tyranny and oppression, and that honoring the flag and never allowing it to be dishonored or desecrated is the solemn duty of every American patriot.
The message cited the flag-etiquette rules in Title 4, Section 8 of the United States Code, which states that the flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing, and that when a flag has served its purpose and is no longer a fitting emblem for display, it should be retired in a dignified way, preferably by burning. Trump said veterans service organizations, scouting groups and patriotic Americans across the country carry out those retirement ceremonies with solemn respect.
Trump said he signed an executive order last year to prosecute those who desecrate the flag to the fullest extent of the law, and that under his leadership anyone who defiles the flag will face swift justice, including foreign nationals who break the law and incite violence. The message also announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs is launching a new online initiative this month with information on how to properly respect, treat and retire the American flag.
Trump closed by noting that the flag has flown over battlefields and homesteads, been carried into combat by America's bravest warriors, and been draped over the caskets of heroes who paid the ultimate price to preserve freedom, and he called on Americans to continue defending the values embodied by the Stars and Stripes. (Source: The White House)
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