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Feb 24, 2024 · The Pledge of Allegiance today reads: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Authorship of the pledge was disputed for some years.
Jul 13, 2022 · Updated on July 13, 2022. The U.S. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was written in 1892 by a then 37-year-old minister named Francis Bellamy. The original version of Bellamy’s pledge read, “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic, for which it stands,—one nation, indivisible—with liberty and justice for all.”.
The Pledge of Allegiance. Astronaut David R. Scott gives a military salute to the U.S. flag during a 1971 Apollo 15 moonwalk. Thirty-one words which affirm the values and freedom that the American flag represents are recited while facing the flag as a pledge of Americans’ loyalty to their country. The Pledge of Allegiance was written for the ...
The original Pledge of Allegiance was written by Francis Bellamy. It was first given wide publicity through the official program of the National Public Schools Celebration of Columbus Day, which was printed in The Youth's Companion of September 8, 1892, and at the same time sent out in leaflet form to schools throughout the country.
Mar 15, 2017 · Updated: October 5, 2023 | Original: March 15, 2017. copy page link. Print Page. Getty Images. The Pledge of Allegiance has been used in the United States for over 100 years, yet the 31-word...
Oct 23, 2017 · I Pledge Allegiance. By Debbie Schaefer-Jacobs October 23, 2017. Since October 1892, countless schoolchildren across the nation have begun their school day by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance as a daily patriotic ritual.
Aug 24, 2023 · By Sarah Kuta. August 24, 2023. • 7 min read. If you ask anyone who’s attended public school in America to say the Pledge of Allegiance, they’ll likely be able to rattle it off from memory.
