Foreword
Every day in schools across the United States, more than 60 million students and teachers join in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. The practice dates back more than 100 years and is now a tradition not only in schools but in such settings as the U.S. Congress, State legislatures, Boy Scout events, and American Legion meetings. The Pledge has undergone a number of changes since its creation in 1892, most recently in 1954, when the Congress added the words "under God." The change was enacted to highlight the differences between the United States and the atheistic Soviet Union at the…
