I Pledge Allegiance

I Pledge Allegiance PDF

Author: Pat Mora

Publisher: Dragonfly Books

Published: 2016-09-20

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 039955341X

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Libby's great aunt, Lobo, is from Mexico, but the United States has been her home for many years, and she wants to become a U.S. citizen. At the end of the week, Lobo will say the Pledge of Allegiance at a special ceremony. Libby is also learning the Pledge this week, at school—at the end of the week, she will stand up in front of everyone and lead the class in the Pledge. Libby and Lobo practice together—asking questions and sharing stories and memories—until they both stand tall and proud, with their hands over their hearts.

To the Flag

To the Flag PDF

Author: Richard J. Ellis

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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Saluting the flag in public schools began as part of a national effort to Americanize immigrants. Here, Richard Ellis unfurls the history of the Pledge of Allegiance and of the debates and controversies that have sometimes surrounded it.

InDivisible

InDivisible PDF

Author: Kevin Brown

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13:

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We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal . . . One nation, under God, Indivisible . . . We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union . . . All of these are beautifully poetic words, individually. Combined, they paint a majestic picture of what Ronald Reagan accurately called 'a city on a hill', a country that is a beacon for the world, united under God. And though we have not always been so, it can be argued that this was always our intention . . . Until now. In 2020, America stands at a crossroads, not because those beautiful words may or may not be true, but because a substantial part of the country no longer really wants them to be true. For many - they do not want us to be equal, they do not want us under God, and they certainly don't want us united or indivisible. Indivisible tackles the root cause of the partisan divide in America today, and offers some different perspectives and ideas to confront the division that threatens to splinter the country beyond repair.

The Pledge

The Pledge PDF

Author: Jeffrey Owen Jones

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2010-10-12

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1429980796

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The cultural and political history of the Pledge of Allegiance, how it came to be, what it means to Americans, and why we have battled over it for generations For more than a century, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance has been a central part of the American Experience. And perhaps because of its ubiquity, this simple flag salute has served not only as a unifying ritual but also as a lightning rod for bitter controversy. Congress's 1954 decision to add "under God" to the Pledge has made it the focus of three U.S. Supreme Court cases and at least one other landmark appellate decision. The debate continues today, but along with it exists a widely held admiration and support for this simple affirmation of our shared patriotism. As Jeffrey Owen Jones and Peter Meyer show in their illuminating history, this brief salute to the flag has had an almost magical power to galvanize people's deepest feelings and beliefs about who we are and ought to be as a nation. In that sense, the story of the Pledge of Allegiance is the story of America and the American people.

One Nation Under God

One Nation Under God PDF

Author: Kevin M. Kruse

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2015-04-14

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0465040640

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The provocative and authoritative history of the origins of Christian America in the New Deal era We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One Nation Under God, historian Kevin M. Kruse reveals that the belief that America is fundamentally and formally Christian originated in the 1930s. To fight the "slavery" of FDR's New Deal, businessmen enlisted religious activists in a campaign for "freedom under God" that culminated in the election of their ally Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. The new president revolutionized the role of religion in American politics. He inaugurated new traditions like the National Prayer Breakfast, as Congress added the phrase "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and made "In God We Trust" the country's first official motto. Church membership soon soared to an all-time high of 69 percent. Americans across the religious and political spectrum agreed that their country was "one nation under God." Provocative and authoritative, One Nation Under God reveals how an unholy alliance of money, religion, and politics created a false origin story that continues to define and divide American politics to this day.

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