What is Pledge Of Allegiance Day?
Pledge of Allegiance Day, which falls on the date Congress adopted the Pledge into the United States Flag Code, was commemorated on December 28th.
On December 28, 1945, the Pledge of Allegiance was officially recognized by Congress for the Pledge of Allegiance. Francis Bellamy is lauded for penneing the Pledge of Allegiance. The Youth's Companion, a youth magazine, first published it anonymously on September 8, 1892, under the heading "The Pledge." It was published in honor of the discovery of America on the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the United States.
The National Flag Conference inserted text of the pledge into legislation in 1923 and 1924. Although updates were made, the pledge remained virtually unchanged. At the same time, the conference didn't designate it as the official pledge at the same time. It read: It read: In its original form, it read:
In this version, only the minor changes were made: the small changes resulted: the little changes: this version had no changes: the small changes were made: this version had to be redesigned:
In reaction to the anti-Communist sentiment sweeping the country during the Cold War, Congress added the word "under God" on Flag Day in 1954.
