My husband brought up a curious point about the pledge of allegiance by quoting “one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all” and asking me what the meant. We continued to hashing it out having a little fun with it saying things like God cannot be divided in one nation meaning basically its all or none protection. The other was the obvious the nation cannot be divided if it believes in God meaning we would all be safe…normal dogma stuff. Of course, with the way today is, we joked that ‘indivisible’ is a typo and true meaning is nobody can see us because God sitting on us. We had a curious epiphany and he said I should blog about it.
I was not about to come here and start rambling about this with out any facts and that those are actually the words. It took me one link to change my mind and what I found was so amazing that I had to abandon that idea and share a few things here.
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It was written in 1892 by a Baptist minister, named Francis Bellamy (1855 – 1931) that got kicked out of his church for preaching his beliefs as a Christian Socialist
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“Francis Bellamy was also a chairman of a committee of state superintendents of education in the National Education Association. As its chairman, he prepared the program for the public schools' quadricentennial celebration for Columbus Day in 1892. He structured this public school program around a flag raising ceremony and a flag salute - his 'Pledge of Allegiance.'”
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It originally read like we all know and love minus the under God part...that was added later
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“In 1954, Congress after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus, added the words, 'under God,' to the Pledge. The Pledge was now both a patriotic oath and a public prayer.”
After all it 'editing how do people think they could bemone any new and up coming changes... it could be for the better.
So now we are all properly informed and can make descent conversation and let go of all the hear say crap about the darn pledge written by a self serving socialist.
What did you think it meant?
For more details visit this link:
http://history.vineyard.net/pledge.htm
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I used this exact article I'm pretty sure when I wrote a Congress speech about removing the word's "under God" two years ago. I actually was the one that wrote the bill to remove those words from all government currency (for NFL nationals). I agree with the words, but I knew it would be very debatable. I think the history of such a profound piece of our country is quite interesting. You kind of think of the pledge as fundamental to our society as we know it, but looking at it's history it's not that old and it is very spotty. Good blog and thanks for sharing the info.
By the way, I think indivisible is a typo too. haha
I am really glad that you took the time to research the history of the Pledge. Not very many people realize who wrote it or that the words "under God" were not originally a part of the Pledge.
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Eisenhower was the last president who amended the Pledge, adding the phrase "under god." I think "indivisible" reflects the idea that we are a nation of fifty states and countless cultures, but we remain powerful and united (e pluribus unum). The only time our country was divided was the Civil War, and it ended with a reunion. "Indivisible" is no typo; it accurately reflects the idea and history of unity in America. Syntactically, "indivisible" immediately follows "under God" in the pledge, but has not contextual connection to it.
I don't think "under God" will ever be erased from the Pledge, just as I think our National Motto will never change (In God We Trust). And I'm perfectly content keeping them that way.
uhh the indivisible thing was a joke.
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I appreciate you researching the pledge too. It really helped me become more interested about it and research some myself. Many people do not realize that when we say the pledge we are honoring our country and if you live in this country and take advantages of it's rights then you need to say the pledge.
I think there's a lot more ways one can honor a country, like obeying its laws. I don't see a need to say the pledge, and I haven't said it in years. I don't have an allegiance to a flag, so it would be a lie for me to say it. I'm sure there are people that truly do have allegiance to the flag, but I'm not one of them.
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