Pledge of Allegiance of the United States

"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."


In 1954, in response to the Communist threat of the times, President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words "under God," creating the 31-word pledge we say today. Today it reads:

"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."

Section 4 of the Flag Code states:

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: "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.", should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove any non-religious headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute."






Saturday, June 16, 2012

DAY 23 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 16, 2012

June 16



The father of the American space program died JUNE 16, 1977. 


He developed the V-2 rocket for Germany before emigrating to the US, where in 1958, he launched America's first satellite. He was director of NASA and the U.S. guided missile program. 


His name was Wernher von Braun. Founder of the National Space Institute, Wernher von Braun stated: 


"The laws of nature that enable us to fly to the Moon also enable us to destroy our home planet with the atom bomb. 


Science itself does not address the question whether we should use the power at our disposal for good or for evil. 


The guidelines of what we ought to do are furnished in the moral law of God." 


Wernher von Braun continued: 


"It is no longer enough that we pray that God may be with us on our side. We must learn to pray that we may be on God's side." 


To the California State Board of Education, September 14, 1972, Wernher von Braun wrote: 


"Some...challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we light a candle to see the sun?" 


In American Weekly, February 10, 1963, Wernher von Braun wrote: 


"It is difficult for me to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe...


Viewing the awesome reaches of space...should only confirm our belief in the certainty of its Creator."


Braun, Wernher Magnus Maximillan von. Statement. Charles E. Jones, The Books You Read (Harrisburg, PA: Executive Books, 1985), p. 120.


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