The anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. flag is celebrated each year on June 14. tiaramaio/RooM via Getty images The Continental Congress, the legislative body for the newly declared United States ...

Back in 1892, James B. Upham was working for a magazine called "The Youth's Companion." He was in charge of a campaign to have schoolchildren participate in a flag ceremony to commemorate the 400th ...

At the end of lessons each school day in the mid-1890s, Redlands teacher Mary Fackler would decide if students had behaved and done their schoolwork properly. If all had gone well, one student would ...

Springfield Public Schools does not currently have a policy around the Pledge of Allegiance, but that may soon change ...

“I pledge allegiance to the United States of America,” the vice president said as she led the Senate in the pledge Friday, omitting the words “the flag of.” The full pledge, which many children have ...

What does it mean to pledge allegiance to our flag? Old Glory! Think about the words. "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America" — fifty states all united as one. "and to the ...

Being a member of two organizations, rich in military histories, I am not un-accustomed to our Pledge of Allegiance. The last time I, as a part of a group, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, my mind ...

I have often read about people who say they don’t “like” Trump’s words and actions - they aren’t asking him to raise their kids - but intend to vote for him because of his policies. We aren’t talking ...

One Maryland public school was coerced into no longer requiring students and staff to recite the Pledge of Allegiance after a free speech group pushed back against what it called "mandatory patriotism ...