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of American flags for a national magazine. Bellamy took the job opportunity and created the Pledge of Allegiance. In 1892 the Pledge of Allegiance was published for the first time in the magazine, The Youth Companion. In 1898 New York became the first state to legislate the requirement to making it a part of a morning flag salute in schools. By 1917 pledging allegiance to the flag became a fixture of public education in America. In 1942 Congress adopted it as part of a national flag code…

American flag is a symbol for America because it represents The United States of America, the thirteen stripes represent the thirteen colonies. Also, the fifty stars on the flag are to represent the fifty states. American citizens use the flag while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. The flag also is in honor when the Star Spangled Banner is being played at? On the Fourth of July. I believe that the American flag most represents what it is to be an American. I personally honor the American…

to be a key part of the commemorative ceremonies, it was a pledge to the flag school children would recite in unison. Along with writing the pledge, Bellamy was also instrumental in successfully lobbying Congress to for a resolution endorsing the children’s ceremony, and helped convince President Benjamin Harrison to issue a proclamation declaring a Columbus Day holiday. The first pledge read: I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation, indivisible,…

The Unites States flag means a lot of things to a lot of people, but I’m going to write about what everything actually means. First i’ll talk about what the stars mean, they represent the 50 states in the USA. The stripes on the flag represent the 13 British colonies that became the first 13 states in the Union. The white stripes symbolize purity and innocence and the red symbolizes hardiness labor. The blue in the flag represents justice. Now I will talk about what the flag means to me…

Flag Desecration is Ineffective Flag desecration has been a controversial topic for a number of years, including more recently. After Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, many college students, from Hampshire College to American University, began to burn the American flag as a form of protest towards the newly elected president. Because of the amount of people in such a small area burning flags, unsafe situations were posed for many peoples’ lives. Burning the flag is an…

citizens in any country. It was penned as follows, “I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” The words, “the flag of the united States of America,” were added in 1923, and the mistake of inserting, “under god,” took place in 1954. Since then, the Pledge of Allegiance has read, “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god,…

Over two hundred years ago, Francis Scott Key penned the poem "The Defence on of Fort McHenry," which would become what is known as the United States National Anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner." Throughout the past half a decade, sports has become an active arena for activism over social and political issues. From Muhammad Ali refusing his draft notice for the Vietnam War, John Carlos performing the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics, and the Miami Heat wearing "I Can 't Breathe" shirts in…

Commemorative Shirt What better way to celebrate the great state that is Hawaii than with a shirt depicting those things that set it apart as a state. Granted, there isn 't room enough on one shirt to put everything that makes Hawaii such a tropical wonderland, however, the many elements of Hawaiian statehood are clearly represented in this limited edition Reyn Spooner print by Dietrich Varez design. Statehood The Republic of Hawaii became a United States protectorate in 1894. In 1898, the…

After the United States entered the war a number of German-American businesses were confiscated by the United States government. An example of this was the German-American Lumber Company which was seized in 1918. While it was later sold in 1919 the former owners were never compensated. https://www.floridamemory.com/blog/2015/06/23/a-cloud-of-suspicion/#more-11913 During World War I there was no formal system of rationing. However, there was an attempt By Hoover to establish voluntary rationing.…

(Reading Response 2). We see Ben Franklin as a hero in United States history. We see him as a pinnacle individual with great ambition who is the quintessence of the rags to riches story. We idolize these rags to riches stories whether it be Ben Franklin or an up and coming musician. However, we Americans do not like being a Rip Van Winkle…