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A little Trivia
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Ric
Ric
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Sammy the Red
Sammy the Red
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Two-Stroke
Two-Stroke
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Ric
Ric
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twall
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
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
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JDgreen
JDgreen
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Bison
Bison
JDgreen is looking for a fight 
:laughing:
:laughing:
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Ric
Ric
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Parkmower
Parkmower
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Sammy the Red
Sammy the Red
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Sammy the Red
Now that, I did not know about !!! ..... Was a little before my time. :biggrin:
Sammy the Red
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":
Now that, I did not know about !!! ..... Was a little before my time. :biggrin:
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Sammy the Red
Naaaa, He is just off his meds. First of the month and all that. :laughing:
Sammy the Red
JDgreen is looking for a fight
Naaaa, He is just off his meds. First of the month and all that. :laughing:
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Sammy the Red
Sammy the Red
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Carscw
Carscw
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Bison
Very unusual for them to mingle with the common bottom feeders like us,.....unless they need votes
Bison
That does not surprice me :wink:,Kings tend to associate with the high and mighty.
Very unusual for them to mingle with the common bottom feeders like us,.....unless they need votes
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jmurray01
jmurray01
I couldn't have put it better myself! :laughing:That does not surprice me :wink:,Kings tend to associate with the high and mighty.
Very unusual for them to mingle with the common bottom feeders like us,.....unless they need votes
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Bison
Sumptin is got to give sooner or later
I just post to keep them occupied till the doctors find out and stop the imbeciles
Bison
Yeah,glad you noticed. it looks the residents of a mental institution got hold of a puter eh.
Sumptin is got to give sooner or later
I just post to keep them occupied till the doctors find out and stop the imbeciles
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Ric
Ric