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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: May 30, 2016
Caption: The original 1892 version of the Pledge of Allegiance
Inside the Kingley Schoolhouse
Additional Description: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

In 1923 “my Flag” was changed to “The Flag of the United States” and in 1954 “under God” was added after “one nation”.
Submitted: August 21, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p360317
File Size: 2.298 Megabytes

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