Category: America’s Patriotism
Pledge of Allegiance
“I 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.”
The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States is an expression of loyalty to the American Flag and the United States of America. It was originally composed by Baptist Minister Francis Bellamy in 1892 and formally adopted by Congress as the U.S. pledge in 1942. The Pledge has been modified four times since its composition, with the most recent change adding the words “under God” in 1954.
The US Supreme Court has found that students can’t be compelled to stand for the pledge, but the pledge of allegiance is typically recited in schools, before government meetings and civic events. It is often accompanied by a salute to the United States Flag.
Battle Hymn of the Republic Lyrics
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored,
He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword
His truth is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps
His day is marching on.
