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Refusal to Pledge Allegiance Lands Lawyer in Jail

(Oct. 7) -- The Pledge of Allegiance: It used to be about the kids. To some it could evoke a certain vision of American promise: a classroom full of towheaded youngsters standing beside their arched desks, left hands over their precious hearts and right ones raised in open-palmed salute, reciting in unison the vow...

Attorney Jailed for Not Saying Pledge of Allegiance [VIDEO]

Teacher to Apologize for Pledge of Allegiance Flap

(Feb. 24) -- After a Maryland middle school student refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance, the child's teacher alerted school police and had the girl escorted from the classroom. According to The Washington Post, the 13-year-old girl's mother said that following the incident, her child was mocked by other kids at...

Background on Pledge of Allegiance

The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States is an expression of loyalty to the federal flag and the republic of the United States of America, originally composed by Francis Bellamy in 1892 and formally adopted by Congress as the pledge in 1942. The Pledge has been modified four times since its composition, with the most recent change adding the words "under God" in 1954.

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