What is Pledge of Allegiance Day?
Pledge of Allegiance Day honors the words expressing patriotism for the United States of America. In 1887, Captain George T. Balch penned the original pledge. Five years later, Francis Bellamy wrote a variation. In 1923, the National Flag Conference adopted the Pledge, created by Francis Bellamy.
The Pledge has gone through five variations before its current form. Before the conference, both pledges were used in schools all across the country. In 1942, Congress officially recognized and adopted Bellamy’s version as the Pledge of Allegiance. Millions of Americans have spoken the Pledge of Allegiance since 1954 when at the recommendation of President Dwight D. Eisenhower added the words “under God,” amid growing concern of communism in the United States during the Cold War Era.
Celebrating
December 28th has been designated as Pledge of Allegiance day and provides Americans the opportunity to reflect on the many freedoms we enjoy with friends, family, and classmates. Take the opportunity to recite the Pledge and express gratitude for those who have come before us that have paved the way for Americans and those who have chosen to make America their home. This pledge allows Americans to express their patriotism and to become united under the banner of the flag of the United States of American.
“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.”
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