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
Francis Bellamy, a Baptist
minister and socialist, wrote the original
Pledge in August 1892. It read as follows: "I pledge allegiance
to my Flag
and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all." In October of that year the word
"to" was added to read "...and to the Republic..." In 1924,
after the proposal of the American Legion and the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the Pledge words were changed from "my Flag" ' to
"the Flag of the United States of America." In 1954, after a
proposal by the Knights of Columbus, the words "under God" were added
to the Pledge.
