What the Pledge of Allegiance Means to Me

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What the Pledge of Allegiance Means to Me
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The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States
flag is an oath of loyalty to our country
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What is an oath?
It is a promise we make to our country.
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It is often recited in schools, at public
events, and our Congress opens with reciting the
Pledge.
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The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by
Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister.
President Harrison proclaimed that it should be
recited by all school children that same year
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Reciting of the pledge is accompanied by a
salute.
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Arms stretched out to the flag was the earliest
salute used by schoolchildren
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Later, the hand over the heart became the salute
used to pledge our allegiance.
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What does it mean to place your hand over your
heart?
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When you repeat the Pledge of Allegiance, what do
the words mean?
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The flag is a symbol. What is a symbol?
A symbol is something that stands for something
else
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What does our flag symbolize?
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It stands for our country, which is a republic.
A republic is a democratic government where all
citizens have a voice in their government!
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So the flag stands not only for our nation and
for all of us!
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The pledge describes our nation as being ONE,
indivisible with liberty and justice for
everyone
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Indivisible means that we are united and cannot
be divided.
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Liberty means we promise freedoms, such as
speech and religion, to every citizen.
Justice means we follow our laws and treat all
people fairly and equally.
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Did you know that the words to our pledge have
not always stayed the same
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The original pledge did not include the words
under God
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President Eisenhower signed a new law adding
those words on Flag Day (June 14) in 1954.
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What the Pledge of Allegiance Means to You?
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