Posted on Mar 29, 2017
Should we bring the Pledge of Allegiance back to our schools?
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Should we bring back the Pledge of Allegiance? I remember as I went through Grade School we use to say this every morning and it gave me a sense of pride and purpose each day! Are the youth of today missing this and will they every understand what it truly means?
Your thoughts and comments are welcome?
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Our Pledge of Allegiance as we know it is fast becoming a thing of the past. Kids used to say the Pledge of Allegiance along with a prayer before starting the day’s activities.
Below you will see the very touching recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance as told by Red Skelton. They Pledge as we should still teach our children.
Also listed is the “Global Earth Day Pledge” that our children are learning today. Again this is Global. Everything will go global in the “End Times”. This is just another way to ease everyone into it. Be Prepared. It is coming.
On January 14, 1969, Red Skelton touched the hearts of millions of Americans with his "Pledge Of Allegiance", in which he explained the meaning of each and every word. Red Skelton's recitation of the "Pledge of Allegiance" was twice read into the Congressional Record of the United States and received numerous awards.
RED SKELTON: "I remember this one teacher. To me, he was the greatest teacher, a real sage of my time. He had such wisdom. We were all reciting the Pledge Of Allegiance and he walked over. Mr. Lasswell was his name... He said": "I've been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge Of Allegiance all semester and it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you. If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word:
I
Me; an individual; a committee of one.
Pledge
Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity.
Allegiance
My love and my devotion.
To the Flag
Our standard; Old Glory ; a symbol of Freedom; wherever she waves there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts, Freedom is everybody's job.
of the United
That means that we have all come together.
States
Individual communities that have united into forty-eight great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose. All divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that is love for country.
And to the Republic
Republic -- a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people; and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
For which it stands
One Nation
One Nation -- meaning, so blessed by God.
Indivisible
Incapable of being divided.
With Liberty
Which is Freedom; the right of power to live one's own life, without threats, fear, or some sort of retaliation.
And Justice
The principle, or quality, of dealing fairly with others.
For All
For All -- which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine. And now, boys and girls, let me hear you recite the Pledge of Allegiance:
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Your thoughts and comments are welcome?
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Our Pledge of Allegiance as we know it is fast becoming a thing of the past. Kids used to say the Pledge of Allegiance along with a prayer before starting the day’s activities.
Below you will see the very touching recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance as told by Red Skelton. They Pledge as we should still teach our children.
Also listed is the “Global Earth Day Pledge” that our children are learning today. Again this is Global. Everything will go global in the “End Times”. This is just another way to ease everyone into it. Be Prepared. It is coming.
On January 14, 1969, Red Skelton touched the hearts of millions of Americans with his "Pledge Of Allegiance", in which he explained the meaning of each and every word. Red Skelton's recitation of the "Pledge of Allegiance" was twice read into the Congressional Record of the United States and received numerous awards.
RED SKELTON: "I remember this one teacher. To me, he was the greatest teacher, a real sage of my time. He had such wisdom. We were all reciting the Pledge Of Allegiance and he walked over. Mr. Lasswell was his name... He said": "I've been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge Of Allegiance all semester and it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you. If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word:
I
Me; an individual; a committee of one.
Pledge
Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity.
Allegiance
My love and my devotion.
To the Flag
Our standard; Old Glory ; a symbol of Freedom; wherever she waves there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts, Freedom is everybody's job.
of the United
That means that we have all come together.
States
Individual communities that have united into forty-eight great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose. All divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that is love for country.
And to the Republic
Republic -- a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people; and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
For which it stands
One Nation
One Nation -- meaning, so blessed by God.
Indivisible
Incapable of being divided.
With Liberty
Which is Freedom; the right of power to live one's own life, without threats, fear, or some sort of retaliation.
And Justice
The principle, or quality, of dealing fairly with others.
For All
For All -- which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine. And now, boys and girls, let me hear you recite the Pledge of Allegiance:
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Pledge of Allegiance
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Col. Mikel Burroughs, I attended my granddaughters elementary school award program about two weeks ago, after we were all seated in the Auditorium, we was asked to cross our hearts and repeat back the Pledge Of Allegiance, I didn't see anything wrong with that, after all I were in the All American City near Fort Bragg, N.C. But as a Christian, I felt empty when no form of prayers were given.
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Yes. The fact is, I don't care what God you believe in or how you refer to him or her, the term GOD should fit any religion. This nation was founded on religious freedoms, and that stands true today no matter what God or Gods you may worship. You are pledging allegiance to this great country not to any particular god. We need to come together as one, not splintered groups over religion.
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SSgt James Tadlock
Relationship with ones God is a personal thing. But when someone tries to take scripture and use it for their personal gain or administer it to someone else in a hateful manner then it has lost me. I have seen it over and over. People should let God do his job and they do their part by living as godly as they can, like loving thy neighbor. We owe our allegiance to this great nation and the Blessing of God to be allowed to be born and live here.
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Of course. You teach young people from an early age to be proud to be American starting with respect to the flag. Notice why the younger generation step on it and burn it. It pisses me off. It should start with the parents.
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Absolutely!
Just like we say our Soldier and NCO Creeds at every NCOES school.
Just like we say our Soldier and NCO Creeds at every NCOES school.
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Good morning, Mikel. You're beating a dead horse here. Too much PC...too many "rights advocates" in the mix. After military retirement, I taught school and was surprised the first time I saw a student(s) not stand up for nor recite the Pledge. The Principal explained to me they had to offer a compromise to those parents/students who had no desire to participate so they were asked to respect the feelings of others and at least stand up. Most chose not to do even that much effort and I wasn't permitted to say anything about it. There's no 'glue' holding everyone together for a common cause or national goal any more. It's all "me" and "my way" and to hell with any other point of view. I'm still personally disgusted that the military is now kowtowing to minority groups that believe their hair style is more important than tradition and don't even get me started on "stress cards." There's a subtle wind blowing across this country of ours that's altering the roots of the society I grew up into and came to believe in. I truly believe it's too late to recapture what we were and that the next conflict we become embroiled in will have participants so fractured in their personal belief systems that we'll accomplish little to nothing. Read your history concerning failed societies (remember the Romans?) and you'll understand where I'm coming from. John
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Not just the Pledge of Allegiance but our Christian values and beliefs that this country was founded on. If someone feels offended of those values there are other countries that accommodate those other beliefs.
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Who started the effort to prevent the Pledge of Allegiance in schools? We need some accountablity!
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MCPO Roger Collins
Good question, Maj Bill Smith. Let's be more specific, names, state and school district.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
CAPT Pickett named the names but left out the series of terrorist attacks on Jehovas Witnesses that were the 800lb gorilla in the court room.
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Sgt Kelli Mays
Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. MCPO Roger Collins Capt Gregory Prickett Atheist, Agnostic, Muslims and people from other countries are the BIGGEST contributors to trying to GET RID of the PLEDGE of ALLEGIANCE. COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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