For more information about the history of the Pledge, be sure to also read the other online chapters of The Pledge of Allegiance, A Revised History and Analysis, 2007 by Dr. Baer:
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The Pledge of Allegiance was first written in 1892. ... The Pledge of Allegiance was first recited in 1892, the year it was first written. The author was Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister from New York. Bellamy was also a chairman of a committee of state superintendents of education in the National Education Association.
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As written in 1892, the Pledge of Allegiance didn't even include the words "under God." Who wrote the Pledge and where did the constitutionally controversial reference to God come from? Read the brief history of the Pledge of Allegiance. ... The original Pledge of Allegiance, "I pledge allegiance to my flag and the Republic...
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I pledge allegiance to my Flag, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation indivisible, ... (This part of the original version of the pledge was written just 50 years after the beginning of the Civil War and demonstrates the unity sought in the years after that divisive period in our history)
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"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands- one nation indivisible-with liberty and justice for all." ... History of the Flag...
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Following the chaplain's prayer, the presiding officer leads the Senate in the Pledge of Allegiance. One Senate leader recently gave this vivid impression of the ritual's inspirational value.
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The Original Pledge of Allegiance: I pledge allegiance to my flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ... Pledge of Allegiance Commentary; Folding the American Flag; America's Flag Day; Pledge of Allegiance History; Never Forget; The American's Creed...
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Pledge of Allegiance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States is an oath of loyalty to the republic of the United States of America, originally composed by Francis Bellamy in 1892. The Pledge has been modified four...
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The 1954 insertion of the "under God" phrase, the panel said, was made "to recognize a Supreme Being" and advance religion at a time "when the government was publicly inveighing against atheistic communism." (More on pledge's history) ... I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic...
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