"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it
stands,
one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
--Francis Bellamy (a Christian Socialist), for school celebrations of
Columbus Day, 1892
"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the
Republic
for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all."
--National Flag Conference, (The
American Legion and
the Daughters of the American
Revolution), Flag Day, June 14, 1924
Formally codified by Congress June 22 1942
(36USC, Section 172)
Supreme Court ruled that school children could not be forced to
recite the pledge, June 1943
"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."
--Congress (after a campaign by the Knights
of Columbus), 1954
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