It was the spring of 1954, and Congress had voted, after some controversy, to insert the phrase into the Pledge of Allegiance ... to "the flag of the United States," lest immigrant children ...

“I pledge allegiance to my Flag and ... In 1954, as the cold war intensified, Congress added the words “under God” to distinguish the United States from “godless Communism.” ...

Philadelphia has long been a proud gateway for American citizenship, and on Tuesday, that tradition continued as two dozen ...

I started public school in 1947 and soon learned to sing America and our national anthem and to say “The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.” I saw that we were a ...

Ohio public school districts would be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day under a new bipartisan bill.

The words flow from the heart of Marie ... And when the bell rang, they stood as one to pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands ...

For 97 years, members of the Rotary Club of Palo Alto have recited the Pledge of Allegiance with hands over ... and amended it in 1954 to include the words “under God” at the height of the ...

Ohio House Bill 117 would require the board of education for each district to create a policy with a manner and time for students to cite the Pledge of Allegiance each day. No words in the Pledge ...

North Carolina is one of 47 states that require the Pledge of Allegiance be recited in public schools. A state law passed in 2006 states that schools must display United States and North Carolina ...

Mari Oliver sat silently during the Pledge of Allegiance and was sent to the principal’s office by a geography teacher who claimed she was being disrespectful. Oliver had her reasons for abstaining.