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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: FiddlingAnt on July 01, 2013, 01:50:19 PM
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All Americans are familiar with 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 under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
This has been the text since 1954 when the words "under God" were inserted by Congress in response to Communism.
When recited in a group, this is normally what you hear:
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.
For some time, I have noticed a minority of people who recite The Pledge of Allegiance with one slight change in how it is said:
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.
I think it is a better way to recite The Pledge. There is no comma between "one nation" and "under God" so why the normal pause? For those of us who recognize the hand of Providence in the creation and growth of our nation, I think making this change in how you recite the pledge makes common sense.
If anyone knows where this practice started, let me know so we can give credit were it is due.
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I am absolutely no poet and I have had zero training in poetry, but as a practical matter when I see the phrase "one nation under God" separate in the manner you have it in your first example, the split line (strophe?) sets off the phrase "under God" in a befitting manner.
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I am absolutely no poet and I have had zero training in poetry, but as a practical matter when I see the phrase "one nation under God" separate in the manner you have it in your first example, the split line (strophe?) sets off the phrase "under God" in a befitting manner.
I agree. There's no problem here..... ::)
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The pause lends emphasis to "...under God..."
Either way is fine with me.
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I always thought that in the original Pledge of Allegiance, the was no "Under God" That was added years later I thought. Also when phrases are added, the phrase has to be said as a separate entity.
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I always thought that in the original Pledge of Allegiance, the was no "Under God" That was added years later I thought. Also when phrases are added, the phrase has to be said as a separate entity.
It was added during Eisenhower's presidency.
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This should sum it up.