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  • Today's version differs from the original Pledge Since 1892, the Pledge has undergone a few changes By: Michaei Davis and Chad Messer I WCneusnææine your lifetime, how many times have you recited the "Pledge of Allegiance?" Probably more times than you can remember, right? Before you read any further take a moment and say the Pledge in your head. Now say it again, but this time, say the Pledge as .it was originally written. Nice try, but chances are you were wrong. Francis Bellamy authors the oriéml Pldge Francis Bellamy, a Christian minister and socialist ideologue, wrote the Pledge in August 1892. His original version goes like thi.s: '(l pledge allegi.ance to my flag and to* the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all ( *"to" added by Bellamy in October 1892)," Bellamy .had been a Baptist minister in Boston before he was force to resign in 1891 because of his sermons on "Christian Socialism." Daniel Ford, a member of his congregation, then hired him to be the Assistant Editor at "Youth's Companion," a popular family magazine of the time and where the Pledge first appeared. In 1892, President Benjamin Harrison asked Bellamy to prepare a special ceremony for the nation's schoolchildren celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas. In a letter to his son, Bellamy explains his commission. He writes, "I was asked by the President to write his proclamation for this national celebration in which I put the words 'On that day let the national flag float over every schoolhouse in the land and the exercises be such as to teach patriotism."' Bellamy meticulously chose every word in the original pledge. Historical documents show that Bellamy went so far as to strike the word gequality" from his final version because school board members in some districts did not share his idea that minorities and women were equal to white male landowners. L+n/DAR initae in On Flag Day 1923, the American Legion and the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) at the National Flag Conference voted to change the Pledge for the first time. The words "the flag of the United States" officially replaced "my flag." In 1924, the same committee added «ofAmerica." Reasons for the changes were out of their concern that immigrants and aliens might misinterpret the Pledge and salute the flag of their homeland, not the USA. Bellamy protested the changes but his rants fell on deaf ears. means more than the mere words The change in verbiage was not the only difference to the original version. Until 1942, when reciting the Pledge, a person was supposed to extend their right arm from their body, palm outward. Concerned with Nazi associations to the "Bellamy Salute," the body language changed to its present form when Congress officially adopted the "Pledge of Allegiance" and included it in the Official Flag Code on June 22, 1942. In 1943, the United States Supreme Court established through the West Virginia Board of Education vs. Barnett ruling that states could not require students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The court ruled, The action of a State in making it compulsory for children in the public schools to salute the flag and pledge allegiance by extending the right arm, palm upward, and declaring, 'l 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' violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments ... Under the Federal Constitution, compulsion as here employed is not a permissible means of achieving 'national unity.'" To this day, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance is still voluntary. A successful lobbying campaign, launched by the Knights of Columbus in 1954, persuaded the Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower, concerned over atomic war, to insert the words "Under God" to distinguish our pledge from those used by QGodless Communists." Regarding the new version of the Pledge Eisenhower wrote, "From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty." Ple# of Allegiance, unchanged since 1954 Despite the recent appeals court ruling challenging Gunder God" that was reversed within 24 hours of the decision, the Pledge of Allegiance, since 1954, remains untouched. However, if its tradition of change is to continue as it has since 1892, instead of removing words. Some insist, we may in fact see the addition of words to the Pledge in this century, perhaps, pertaining to the unborn; or from those that would draw favor from Bellamy, who insist on the insertion of "equality," a word he wanted to originally include but removed at the last minute under social pressure. Sera, Sera How it might change in the future is anyone's guess. Controversy around the Pledge dates back to the first time anyone edited the historical document and will continue as long as we have a Pledge. Even in modern times the Pledge continues to be a provocative and politically charged issue, Massachusetts"s Governor Michael Dukakis sent his presidential aspirations down the tubes when, then opponent, George H, W. Bush made his «pledge veto" a major campaign issue in 1988. The bill Dukakis vetoed would have made reciting the Pledge of Allegiance compulsory in his state. Not wanting to stir up any more brouhaha over the pledge issue, then House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Texas) started a voluntary recital in Congress. Not until a 1999 resolution by New Hampshire Senator Bob Smith was passed did the Senate start reciting the Pledge Of Allegiance. As of recently, it is reported that both the Senate and the House can be heard reciting the Pledge of Allegiance "several" times throughout the day.
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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolin...

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