A little Trivia

[Ric]

Can someone site our original Pledge of Allegiance.

 

[Sammy the Red]

I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

 

[KennyV]

Don't know if it was the "original" version or not... but the one I learned back around 1950 or so was : 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.
And that's the one that still goes on inside my head when I hear anyone say it... Needs no more and no less, to be complete and accurate... But there are always some that want to make changes and justify why they think they need to change things...

I think most folks are good with whatever they learned when young OR Think they learned... :smile:KennyV

 

[Two-Stroke]

Don't know if it was the "original" version or not... but the one I learned back around 1950 or so was : 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.
And that's the one that still goes on inside my head when I hear anyone say it... Needs no more and no less, to be complete and accurate... But there are always some that want to make changes and justify why they think they need to change things...

I think most folks are good with whatever they learned when young OR Think they learned... :smile:KennyV

I think "under God" was added after "one nation" at some point in the not-too-distant past.

 

[Ric]

Hey, we have some Historians here. The pledge was written in 1892 by Baptist Minister Francis Bellamy and the words Under God were added by Congress in 1954.

 

[twall]

The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, and formally adopted by congress as the pledge in 1942. The last modification of it was in 1954, where the words "under God" were added.

This is the original Pledge of Allegiance, as written by Bellamy:

"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Sammy wins. :biggrin:

Here's a bit more 'trivia' for those of you who remember things as being different in the 'good olde days', and therefore might think can do what you were first taught, and ignore any changes:

Swearing of the Pledge is accompanied by a salute. An early version of the salute, adopted in 1892, was known as the Bellamy salute. It started with the hand outstretched toward the flag, palm down, and ended with the palm up. Because of the similarity between the Bellamy salute and the Nazi salute, developed later, President Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted the hand-over-the-heart gesture as the salute to be rendered by civilians during the Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem in the United States, instead of the Bellamy salute. Removal of the Bellamy salute occurred on December 22, 1942, when Congress amended the Flag Code language first passed into law on June 22, 1942.

This is the Bellamy salute, during the pledge in the "old days":

Therefore, the Bellamy salute is no longer correct, but once was. Also, saying it without the words "under God" is also no longer correct. Like it or lump it, it is the official Pledge of Allegiance. If you don't like 2 words in it, tell congress to remove them once again.

Credits to Wikipedia.org (including salute pic)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance

 

[JDgreen]

Can someone site our original Pledge of Allegiance.

Your thread is so stupid, inane, and full of s--- I am amazed anybody responded to it. Is this the best anybody can come up with in the Front Porch these days....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...no wonder FP forums are dead....HAHAHAHAHA....!!!!!!

You cannot even spell "cite" properly....HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

 

[Bison]

JDgreen is looking for a fight :laughing:

 

[Ric]

You mean the King Troll. He's looking for a fight, so what's new. I wonder if this goodbye again thing is going to be another one of those I agree and I disagree things :smile:

 

[Parkmower]

Whose the lurker now?