Makeup America! is a Made in America beauty brand that reflects the American Spirit of beauty, diversity, creativity, and independence. Our products are cruelty-free, non-GMO, paraben-free, fragrance-free, and suitable for all skin tones and types.
ABOUT OUR FOUNDER
I was born in New York, and raised in a wonderful small town in Pennsylvania. As the daughter of immigrants, I had a heightened sense of appreciation for the American Dream. My favorite day was July 4, 1976 when in honor of America’s bicentennial, I rode my red, white and blue Sears bike through the streets of my neighborhood, with red lipstick on, yelling Happy 200th Birthday America!
I eventually moved to Washington D.C. to pursue a career in law & politics. Yet throughout my 30-year career, I was disheartened that no politician was focused on reducing our national debt. After all, aren’t we taught to mind our personal debt? But who is looking out for America’s debt?
Driven by our country’s entrepreneurial spirit, and a desire to unite and empower women, I decided to combine my passion for fashion and admiration for America to create Makeup America! Wrapped in red, white and blue, our long-wearing, high-quality nail polish and lipsticks are priced affordably at $13.76, in honor of the 13 original colonies and $17.76, in honor of our Declaration of Independence. Makeup America! products are cruelty-free, non-GMO, paraben-free, fragrance-free, and suitable for all skin tones and types.
Consistent with America’s tradition of community service that calls upon us to solve our nation’s problems, Makeup America’s motto is “Do Good Look Great” because we will contribute $1 of every product sold toward paying down the U.S. national debt.
Please join us at Makeup America! to Do Good…Look Great!
Randa Fahmy, Founder
A FOUNDER’S STORY: I MAKEUP AMERICA! YOU MAKEUP AMERICA! WE MAKEUP AMERICA! ABOUT MAKEUP AMERICA! Makeup America! is a Made in America beauty brand that reflects the American Spirit of beauty, diversity, creativity, and independence. Our products are cruelty-free, non-GMO, paraben-free, fragrance-free, and suitable for all skin tones and types. ABOUT OUR FOUNDER I was born in New York, and raised Read more...
Our products are proudly handmade by combat veterans.
We are dedicated to remembering, employing, and empowering our heroes… the men, women, and their families that have dedicated themselves to serving others. We aren’t just military veterans. We are Americans who are deeply grateful to the public servants, law enforcement, first responders, teachers, and many more. We not only employ combat veterans but were founded by them.
The Mission
We believe that combat veterans deserve an opportunity, Made in America matters, and we should never stop giving back.
The Ethos
Flags Of Valor is all about SERVICE…Past, Present and Future.
We were founded on the simple truths that veterans deserve opportunity, made in America matters, and we should never stop giving back. Since our earliest days we’ve been dedicated to Remembering, Employing and Empowering our Heroes. We are far more than a veteran-run business…we are a business that is simply dedicated to serve.
Our team is exceptional and constantly growing. The majority of our craftsman are service-disabled, some with significant combat-related injuries. We’ve created an environment where teamwork is foundational and camaraderie is supreme. We’ve raised over $1M for veteran and first responder charities and work tirelessly to promote veteran issues and stories of courage. We are grateful for your continued trust and support!
The Founders
Joe Shamess and Brian Steorts
The Beginning
Special Operations to Entrepreneurship
Since its start in 2015, Flags of Valor grew from a two person garage operation to a nationally heralded veteran manufacturing company. Founded by two veteran special operations pilots, FOV specializes in hand built wooden products that showcase American values. At its creation, they dedicated Flags of Valor to being American made, empowering veteran hands, and robustly giving back to charity. In just over four years they’ve proven this commitment by creating more than 65 veteran jobs, raising $1,050,000 for veteran and first responder charities, and delivering over 100,000 hours of Veteran Powered American manufacturing Labor.
The founders share a fundamental belief that our nation’s war veterans are one of its greatest resources. Every veteran entered military service lacking the technical skills of their military specialty, however they learned quickly and adapted to diverse environments. They’ve witnessed these strengths transferred to industry. A strong empathy for the veteran journey led them to purposely pursue some of the most troubled veterans who are dealing with Post Traumatic Stress or physical disabilities from their military service. The environment at Flags Of Valor serves as a sanctuary for them…a place where they can convert raw materials into beautiful works of art. Flags of Valor built a culture where camaraderie, shared mission, and love of country resonates deeply with every teammate.
Made in America Matters. Our products are proudly handmade by combat veterans. We are dedicated to remembering, employing, and empowering our heroes… the men, women, and their families that have dedicated themselves to serving others. We aren’t just military veterans. We are Americans who are deeply grateful to the public servants, law enforcement, first responders, teachers, and many more. We Read more...
Welcome to Frontline Metal! We are a small metal art manufacturing company run by a husband and wife team who both served in the military. Charlie was in the U.S. Coast Guard for 10 years before being medically retired and Ashley has been a Critical Care (ICU/Trauma ICU) Registered Nurse since 2011. Ashley also served in the U.S. Navy Reserves as a Critical Care Nurse. They have 2 young boys who they are raising to love and serve the country and community with passion and integrity.Our badass metal art products are made in California and are made with indoor/outdoor lifetime durability. Our unique, proprietary process gives us ultimate design flexibility and allows us to make the most beautiful metal art on the market. All of our products are backed by the industry’s best customer service with a lifetime warranty on everything we sell.
Welcome to Frontline Metal! We are a small metal art manufacturing company run by a husband and wife team who both served in the military. Charlie was in the U.S. Coast Guard for 10 years before being medically retired and Ashley has been a Critical Care (ICU/Trauma ICU) Registered Nurse since 2011. Ashley also served in the U.S. Navy Reserves Read more...
A vision for something different, one of our owners Sam, handmade a personal hat for his business at the time in South Dakota, which led to an idea. Using a utility knife, a scrap of leather, and a hand forged iron brand our first Branded Bill was created. Roughly stitched and slightly crooked the idea of representing our home state in a unique way started it all.
OUR PROCESS
We use 6/7 oz. full grain leather, guaranteed to withstand all of natures elements. Why? Full Grain is the top-quality leather available, and ages to tell a story over time. We receive the leather in its natural state; it is pink, almost white in color. When we first started, we would tan the leather for days in the sun. Then we start to go to work.
Customer service, genuine quality of product and a headwear experience unlike anything before. We are Branded Bills.
All of our products are made to order. Unique quality control we pass onto our customers.
We fully guarantee every single hat we make and use our signature BB to make sure there is no confusion.
Customer service, genuine quality of product and a headwear experience unlike anything before. We are Branded Bills.
All of our products are made to order. Unique quality control we pass onto our customers.
OUR STORY A vision for something different, one of our owners Sam, handmade a personal hat for his business at the time in South Dakota, which led to an idea. Using a utility knife, a scrap of leather, and a hand forged iron brand our first Branded Bill was created. Roughly stitched and slightly crooked the idea of representing our Read more...
Although we have many free teaching materials for you on this website, we recommend the excellent Classical Historian curriculum. We have entered into an arrangement for the Classical Historian Modern American History Complete Curriculum and the Classical Historian American Government and Economics Complete Curriculum.
As described by the founder of Classical Historian, John De Gree, ‘The Classical Historian high school history programs teach critical thinking, reading, expression, and compel students to take a stand on debatable topics using the Socratic discussion. We use the best texts as our source materials, such as Larry Schweikart’s ‘A Patriots History of the United States of America,’ and extensive primary sources. Give your home school kids and classroom school students the best in history education!’
So, for all of you who have been seeking a complete curriculum for Patriot’s History, you now have one! Log onto www.classicalhistorian.com.
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Complete “Patriot’s History” Curriculum Complete “Patriot’s History” Curriculum Although we have many free teaching materials for you on this website, we recommend the excellent Classical Historian curriculum. We have entered into an arrangement for the Classical Historian Modern American History Complete Curriculum and the Classical Historian American Government and Economics Complete Curriculum. As described by the founder of Classical Historian, John De Read more...
Founded in 2011, FreedomProject provides various ways to Faithfully Educate America, including our fully accredited online academy, partnership to provide live classes to churches and private schools across the country, Common Core Free curriculum developed in-house, and award-winning media.
FreedomProject Academy offers a fully accredited, Classical education for Kindergarten through High School. FPA is rooted firmly in the Judeo-Christian values as promoted in the Constitution by our Founding Fathers, who strove to guarantee the preservation of our God-given liberties. Our classes are delivered live online through interactive classrooms to students in all 50 states and a dozen foreign countries, serving missionary and military families overseas.
FreedomProject Partnership teams up with churches and private schools to stream Judeo-Christian classes into brick and mortar classrooms across the country. This allows for the rapid expansion of faith-based schools across the nation as FreedomProject provides all class instruction, assignments, tests, and grading needed to help schools stay on budget. What better way to restore American values than to bring the worlds of faith and education together again?
FreedomProject Curriculum provides educational textbooks developed to be free of state and national educational mandates and ideological spin. Our incredible K-12 math curriculum will be developed over the next few years and will be available for families across the country. Our K-12 math curriculum is underway, to be followed in short order by textbooks for English and history.
FreedomProject Media continues to produce national award-winning video projects that deliver education, information, and inspiration to audiences of all ages. Our live programming, educational media, and short weekly videos focus on topics impacting education and the welfare of our nation. Tune in for adult education courses and insightful cultural commentary.
FreedomProject Academy remains staunchly opposed to the implementation of Common Core in public, private and homeschool curricula, and will not tolerate Common Core teaching methods or materials in our own classrooms. FPA can remain Common Core free because we do not accept a penny of state or federal money.
At FreedomProject Academy, we use the term “Judeo-Christian” to refer to the scope of our Classical Curriculum, and not in any theological, sectarian, or denominational sense. When stressing Judeo-Christian values, we mean to suggest that we expect our students to be familiar with Biblical history across the Old and New Testaments, and understand the ways that this history has impacted our culture, laws, and history—from Genesis to the Ten Commandments and from the Sermon on the Mount to the Epistles of Paul.
Founded in 2011, FreedomProject provides various ways to Faithfully Educate America, including our fully accredited online academy, partnership to provide live classes to churches and private schools across the country, Common Core Free curriculum developed in-house, and award-winning media.
FreedomProject Academy offers a fully accredited, Classical education for Kindergarten through High School. FPA is rooted firmly in the Judeo-Christian values as promoted in the Constitution by our Founding Fathers, who strove to guarantee the preservation of our God-given liberties. Our classes are delivered live online through interactive classrooms to students in all 50 states and a dozen foreign countries, serving missionary and military families overseas.
FreedomProject Partnership teams up with churches and private schools to stream Judeo-Christian classes into brick and mortar classrooms across the country. This allows for the rapid expansion of faith-based schools across the nation as FreedomProject provides all class instruction, assignments, tests, and grading needed to help schools stay on budget. What better way to restore American values than to bring the worlds of faith and education together again?
FreedomProject Curriculum provides educational textbooks developed to be free of state and national educational mandates and ideological spin. Our incredible K-12 math curriculum will be developed over the next few years and will be available for families across the country. Our K-12 math curriculum is underway, to be followed in short order by textbooks for English and history.
FreedomProject Media continues to produce national award-winning video projects that deliver education, information, and inspiration to audiences of all ages. Our live programming, educational media, and short weekly videos focus on topics impacting education and the welfare of our nation. Tune in for adult education courses and insightful cultural commentary.
FreedomProject Academy remains staunchly opposed to the implementation of Common Core in public, private and homeschool curricula, and will not tolerate Common Core teaching methods or materials in our own classrooms. FPA can remain Common Core free because we do not accept a penny of state or federal money.
At FreedomProject Academy, we use the term “Judeo-Christian” to refer to the scope of our Classical Curriculum, and not in any theological, sectarian, or denominational sense. When stressing Judeo-Christian values, we mean to suggest that we expect our students to be familiar with Biblical history across the Old and New Testaments, and understand the ways that this history has impacted our culture, laws, and history—from Genesis to the Ten Commandments and from the Sermon on the Mount to the Epistles of Paul.
Founded in 2011, FreedomProject provides various ways to Faithfully Educate America, including our fully accredited online academy, partnership to provide live classes to churches and private schools across the country, Common Core Free curriculum developed in-house, and award-winning media. FreedomProject Academy offers a fully accredited, Classical education for Kindergarten through High School. FPA is rooted firmly in the Judeo-Christian values Read more...
Pacific Justice Institute is a non-profit 501(c)(3) legal defense organization specializing in the defense of religious freedom, parental rights, and other civil liberties. Pacific Justice Institute works diligently, without charge, to provide its clients with all the legal support they need.
“Through our dedicated attorneys and supporters, we defend the rights of countless individuals, families and churches…without charge.”– Brad Dacus
Pacific Justice Institute’s strategy is to coordinate and oversee large numbers of concurrent court actions through a network of hundreds of affiliate attorneys nationwide. And, according to former United States Attorney General Edwin Meese, “The Institute fills a critical need on the West Coast for those whose civil liberties are threatened.”
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Pacific Justice Institute does not list our Board of Directors on our website due to the nature of our work and security reasons. We currently have six board members, President, Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, and Two Members, five of which are independent and voting.
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Pacific Justice Institute has offices located coast to coast and provides our clients with all the legal help they need, without charge,
We Provide Help For:
Parents
Protecting parents’ fundamental rights to educate and discipline their children and providing valuable resources to aid parents when Child Protective Services is threatening to remove children from the home. PJI does not handle child custody cases or family law cases.
Schools / Students
Preserving students’ rights to share their faith and be protected from indoctrination, providing resources to help promote evangelism within the public schools and educational resources to give parents legal advice for choosing an alternative to public education.
Churches
Defending churches and providing resources to help protect the church from the encroachment of local governments.
Employees
Representing employees’ religious freedom and providing workplace training and other valuable resources.
About Us Pacific Justice Institute is a non-profit 501(c)(3) legal defense organization specializing in the defense of religious freedom, parental rights, and other civil liberties. Pacific Justice Institute works diligently, without charge, to provide its clients with all the legal support they need. “Through our dedicated attorneys and supporters, we defend the rights of countless individuals, families and churches…without charge.” Read more...
PVA was originally founded by a band of service members who came home from World War II with spinal cord injuries. They returned to a grateful nation, but also to a world with few solutions to the major challenges they faced.
These wounded heroes made a decision not just to live, but to live with dignity as contributors to society. They created Paralyzed Veterans of America, an organization dedicated to serving veterans—and to medical research, advocacy and civil rights for all people with disabilities.
Since 1946, Paralyzed Veterans of America has been on a mission to change lives and build brighter futures for our seriously injured heroes. We’ve had a single-minded mission—to empower our brave men and women to regain what they fought for: their freedom and independence.
Learn more about our historic logo, Speedy, here.
Mission Statement
Paralyzed Veterans of America, a congressionally chartered veterans service organization founded in 1946, has developed a unique expertise on a wide variety of issues involving the special needs of our members – veterans of the armed forces who have experienced spinal cord injury or dysfunction.
PVA will use that expertise to be the leading advocate for:
Benefits available as a result of our members’ military service,
Civil rights and opportunities that maximize the independence of our members.
To enable Paralyzed Veterans to continue to honor this commitment, we must recruit and retain members who have the experience, energy, dedication, and passion necessary to manage the organization and ensure adequate resources to sustain the programs essential for Paralyzed Veterans of America to achieve its mission.
Our Core Focus
Address: 801 Eighteenth Street NW Washington 200006
Our History PVA was originally founded by a band of service members who came home from World War II with spinal cord injuries. They returned to a grateful nation, but also to a world with few solutions to the major challenges they faced. These wounded heroes made a decision not just to live, but to live with dignity as contributors Read more...
The American Legion’s mission statement, as adopted by the National Executive Committee in October 2020, is:
To enhance the well-being of America’s veterans, their families, our military, and our communities by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. The American Legion’s vision statement is “The American Legion: Veterans Strengthening America.” The American Legion’s value principles are as follows:
A VETERAN IS A VETERAN – which means The American Legion embraces all current and former members of the military and endeavors to help them transition into their communities.
SELFLESS SERVICE – which means The American Legion celebrates all who contribute to something larger than themselves and inspires others to serve and strengthen America.
AMERICAN VALUES AND PATRIOTISM – which means The American Legion advocates for upholding and defending the United States Constitution, equal justice and opportunity for everyone and discrimination against no one, youth education, responsible citizenship and honoring military service by observing and participating in memorial events.
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT – which means The American Legion meets the unique needs of local communities.
ADVANCING THE VISION – which means The American Legion educates, mentors and leads new generations of Americans.
HONOR THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US – which means The American Legion pays perpetual respect for all past military sacrifices to ensure they are never forgotton by new generations.
The American Legion’s motto is “Veterans Strengthening America.”
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY WE ASSOCIATE OURSELVES TOGETHER
FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America;
To maintain law and order;
To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism;
To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in all wars;
To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation;
To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses;
To make right the master of might;
To promote peace and goodwill on earth;
To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy;
To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
Mission, Vision, and Values The American Legion’s mission statement, as adopted by the National Executive Committee in October 2020, is: To enhance the well-being of America’s veterans, their families, our military, and our communities by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. The American Legion’s vision statement is “The American Legion: Veterans Strengthening America.” The American Legion’s value principles are as follows: Read more...