My Pledge of Allegiance to my Country

I [Hershel Daniels, Junior] 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.

20 January 2009

a day of Change in America

I Pledge Allegiance I Promise to be faithful and true (I have promised my loyalty starting in 1973 when I entered service to the United States of America) to the flag to the emblem that stands for and represents of the United States all 50 states, each of them individual, and individually represented on the flag of America yet formed into a UNION of one Nation. and to the Republic And I also pledge my loyalty to the Government that is itself a Republic, a form of government where the PEOPLE are sovereign, for which it stands, this government also being represented by the Flag to which I promise loyalty. one Nation under God, These 50 individual states are united as a single Republic under the Divine providence of God, "our most powerful resource" (according to the words of President Eisenhower) Indivisible, and can not be separated. (This part of the original version of the pledge was written just 50 years after the beginning of the Civil War and demonstrates the unity sought in the years after that divisive period in our history) with Liberty The people of this Nation being afforded the freedom to pursue "life, liberty, and happiness", and Justice And each person entitled to be treated justly, fairly, and according to proper law and principle, for All. And these principles afforded to EVERY OTHER AMERICAN CITIZEN, regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation or any other criteria. Just as the flag represents 50 individual states that can not be divided or separated, this Nation represents the millions of people who can not be separated or divided.

On September 8, 1892 a Boston-based youth magazine "The Youth's Companion" published a 22-word recitation for school children to use during planned activities the following month to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. Under the title "The Pledge to the Flag", the composition was the earliest version of what we now know as the [American] PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

June 14, 1954