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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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www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/flag/1bfc_p...
www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/flag/1bfc_pledge.html
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The Pledge of Allegiance was written in August 1892 by the socialist minister Francis Bellamy (1855-1931). It was originally published in The Youth's Companion ... In its original form it read: ... "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
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www.ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm
www.ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm
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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." ... It was not until 1942 that Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance. One year later, in June 1943, the Supreme Court ruled that school children could not be forced to recite it.
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www.usflag.org/pledgeofallegiance.html
www.usflag.org/pledgeofallegiance.html
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Pledge of Allegiance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance
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The original Pledge read as follows: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and (to*) the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all".
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www.evolvefish.com/fish/pledge.html
www.evolvefish.com/fish/pledge.html
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Given this tradition, it's not surprising that the original Pledge of Allegiance—meant as an expression of patriotism, not religious faith—also made no mention of God. The pledge was written in 1892 by the socialist Francis Bellamy, a cousin of ... "I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands,
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www.slate.com/?id=2067499
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Also why is the most disturbing thing about the pledge the mention of God? To me it's this part: "I pledge allegiance to the flag..." HuH?!? ... Actually, considering how recently the Civil War had been fought at the time Bellamy wrote the original pledge, his choice to put "indivisible" into something every child in the...
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Sorry to disagree, but I know the pledge means a great deal to a lot of people. I grew up repeating it (hand over heart) in several grades in grammar school -- yes, they had schools back then. :-)
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[doing my part], my reply to my fundamentalist father's chainletter supporting God on US currency and in the pledge of Allegiance. (self.religion)
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