A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE

The Pledge of Allegiance was written in August

1892 by Francis Bellamy as I pledge allegiance to

my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one

nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

In 1923, the National Flag Conference called

for the words “my Flag” to be changed to “the Flag

of the United States”, so that new immigrants

would not confuse loyalties between their birth

countries and the United States. The words “of

America” were added a year later.

The United States Congress officially

recognized the Pledge for the first time, in the

following form, on June 22, 1942: I pledge

allegiance to the flag of the United States of

America, and to the Republic for which it stands,

one Nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for

all.

The phrase “under God” was incorporated into

the Pledge of Allegiance June 14, 1954, (in the

midst of the anti-Communist scares of Sen.

McCarthy) by a Joint Resolution of Congress,

bringing it to it’s current incarnation of 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.