Pledge

American children have recited the Pledge of Allegiance as part of their school day. Today, these 31 words serve as a unifying oath for all Americans. Controversy continues over whether the author was the chairman of the committee, Francis Bellamy--who worked in the promotions department of a magazine for young people that published the pledge called the Youth’s Companion --or James Upham, who worked for the publishing firm that produced the magazine. The pledge was published anonymously in…

I Pledge Allegiance I sat in my elementary classroom surrounded by my peers. We talked and laughed waiting for the day to start. Suddenly, a familiar tune came over the announcements. We immediately stop talking, stood in place, our hand over our heart, and we began in synchrony “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.” We did not know at the beginning why we…

Revisions to the Pledge of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance was written by a socialist minister named Francis Bellamy in August of 1892. He had hoped that it would be used by 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…

While contemplating ideas on what to do for The Leadership Challenge Project I had the intention to only do a project that had some significant meaning to me. My brainstorming left me with an array of concepts. Ultimately, I decided to put into action the idea I thought would have the biggest impact. A notable issue I have seen arise since the dawn of the smart phone is the dependence placed on said phones. When walking around the USU campus, waiting at the bus stop, or even eating at a…

for the last 80 years. America has been built off of the belief in God and that is the way it has been over 241 years. It wasn’t till 1954 that Dwight D. Eisenhower decided to put “One nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance to make that statement true. Then, around 2013-2015 the Pledge of Allegiance was taken out of schools because parents were angry their kids were being forced to follow a religion at school that they might not follow at home. Yet, in 1925, teachers weren’t able to teach…

grabbed her notebook out of her bag and began doodling and fiddling with her pencil. “Lastly, make sure to wish Jessica Simpson a Happy birthday if you see her today. Now will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance.” Every person locked their eyes on Jessica as they stood for the pledge. Afterwards, Jessica sank in her seat and pulled her sweatshirt up to hide her face. “What’s wrong Jess, don’t like your birthday or something’?” One of the most annoying boys in the whole entire…

According to Jane E. Rosenbaum’s article on virginity pledges, Patient Teenagers? A Comparison of the Sexual Behavior of Virginity Pledgers and Matched Non-pledgers, the United States of America government encourages young adults to take pledges to delay sexual activity until marriage. A virginity pledge is defined as, “an oral or written promise to refrain from sexual activity, usually until marriage, administered after a multi- or single session curriculum in religious youth groups, parochial…

the word “God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, Although the word “God” can be used in many forms. There are many different points of view on what the word “God” actually means, most all religions have a form of God or something of a higher power that people give reverence to. So many people don 't mind the fact that the Pledge of Allegiance pertains the phrase “Under God”. However , there are a few groups of people that do not like the fact that the word “God” is used in the Pledge of Allegiance,…

Sean Penn’s film The Pledge is based on Dürrenmatt’s novel The Pledge, which criticizes the genre of detective fiction. How does Penn’s film defy genre clichés? Explain. The Pledge is a mystery film based on Dürrenmatt’s novel from 1958 with the same title. The original story behind the film is extremely well known in European literature as it defies many genre clichés that existed at that time and that still prevail today in movies and novels of this genre. In this essay, three of such clichés…

One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all” (George Balch, “The Pledge of Allegiance”) is a line read with a hand proudly placed on one 's heart. As a child in elementary school each morning we had to pledge our allegiance to the flag with those very words. As an adult, I see now those words were said and are continually said with no merit or truth to stand behind it. We are not indivisible, there is no liberty, and there is not justice for all because black America is left out…