The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

[waving flag]


The Pledge of Allegiance
to the Flag



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.

The original pledge was published in the Sept. 8, 1892 issue of The Youth's Companion in Boston. For years, the authorship was in dispute between James B. Upham and Francis Bellamy of the magazine's staff.  In 1939, after a study of the controversy, the United States Flag Association decided that authorship be credited to Bellamy.

The phrase �under God� was added to the pledge on June 14, 1954.

For further information:

US flag org.


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