Facts
About Our Pledge of Allegiance
Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister, wrote the original Pledge
of Allegiance in 1892. It was first published in the September
8, 1892, issue of Youth's Companion, a weekly magazine then
published in Boston. Bellamy was chairman of a subcommittee of
the National Education Association and developed a flag-raising
ceremony and flag salute to accompany the Pledge. His original
pledge was:
I pledge allegiance to my flag
and the Republic for which it stands,
one nation indivisible
with liberty and justice for all.
In 1924 the National Flag Conference, under the leadership of
the Daughters of the American Revolution and the American
Legion, changed the words of the Pledge to "the flag of the
United States of America." In 1954 the words "under God" were
added by an act of Congress.
I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of American
and the Repubic for which it stands
one nation under God
indivisible
with liberty and justice for all.
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