“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States ... During the Pledge, proper etiquette requires military personnel in uniform to salute, while other citizens place their right hand ...

including a schoolhouse "salute to the flag" highlighted by Bellamy's Pledge of Allegiance. The date Oct. 21, 1892, proved a landmark day in American cultural history: Both Columbus Day and the ...

The pledge has long been attributed to Francis Bellamy, a socialist minister who claims to have written it in 1892 as part ... t be forced to salute the flag or pledge allegiance in public schools.

The flag-raising, on April 30, 1892, happened more than three ... quotes the 22 words used in the flag salute verbatim: “I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the Republic for which it stands ...

The flag salute caught on ... Celebration of Flag Day began in 1885, and the Pledge of Allegiance was first recited on Columbus Day in 1892. Although neither carries the weight of law today ...

If you ask anyone who’s attended public school in America to say the Pledge of Allegiance ... became the first to legislate that children salute the flag at the beginning of each school day.

The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892, marking the 400th anniversary of what was recognized as the ‘discovery’ of America. Its current form has been in place for 70 years, after the add ...

8, 1892, the instructions for the "National School Celebration of Columbus Day" were printed and featured the Pledge of Allegiance for the first time. The magazine gave away a flag with every new ...

The pledge was originally composed in 1892 by Baptist minister ... as they stand and pledge allegiance,” archives from Feb. 6, 1943, read. In 1954, the salute was altered again, this time ...

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