On the morning of October 21, 1892, children at schools across the ... written by a man that few people today can name. “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands ...

As Bellamy sat down at his desk, the opening words—"I pledge allegiance to my flag"—tumbled ... Millions of schoolchildren nationwide took part in the 1892 Columbus Day ceremony, according ...

The first iteration of the Pledge of Allegiance was written by a socialist minister, Francis Bellamy, in 1892. Congress adopted the pledge in 1942 during World War II and amended it in 1954 to ...

One Guilderland resident proposed an award for a student essay on democracy. Another resident questioned the school’s policy ...

And when the bell rang, they stood as one to 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 ...