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How reciting the Pledge of Allegiance became a sacred, patriotic ritual
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 week agoOn Flag Day, a historian of religions in America explains how Pledge of Allegiance, which honors the...
The Freedom NOT To Recite The Pledge Of Allegiance
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFourth graders at Charles H. Taylor Elementary School in Boston recite the Pledge of Allegiance on March 24. Forgive me, dear reader, if I implore you to...
Sharon Kennedy: The Bellamy salute to Old Glory
The Sault News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1892, Francis Bellamy wrote the “Pledge of Allegiance.” It wasn’t long thereafter that Daniel Ford, owner of a children’s magazine called “The Youth’s...
Today is: Pledge of Allegiance Day
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1942, Congressional legislation recognized the words of the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge of Allegiance Day takes place on Dec. 28, on the anniversary...
Nicholas Goldberg: Is the Pledge of Allegiance just an empty, performative ritual?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe 131-year-old pledge is back in the news. A high school student recently landed in the...
Walter Suza guest column: A reflection on Pledge of Allegiance
Ames Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“Out of the darkness light shall shine.” Some of my childhood memories are of walking past the...
Jamie Raskin Schools Republican With Brutal U.S. History Lesson: I ‘Wrote A Paper About It’
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 month agoRep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) took Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) back to U.S. history class on Wednesday...
Jim Croteau: If only we all kept our Pledge of Allegiance
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhen one hears the governor speak of eliminating birthright citizenship and draconian restrictions...
Wednesday's letters: Shout-out to shelter guests, staff; campaign ads need fact-check
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEvacuees, staff pull together at shelter A heartfelt thanks goes out to our 775 shelter guests and...
They were born here. Meet 24 famous (or otherwise interesting) Rochesterians
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 9 months agoYou know about George Eastman, Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony — people who moved to...