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Old 09-04-2004, 21:39   #43
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Re: student reprimanded for modification of pledge.......
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Originally Posted by cjmillsnun
He didn't make up the pledge, He actually recited the original. The words "Under God" are a 20th Century addition
Correct; see here. To quote from the article:

The pledge of allegiance was first written - without the phrase "under God" - in 1892 in Boston, and recited by schoolchildren, a tradition that continues today.

The pledge was endorsed by Congress in 1942, just after the US joined the second world war.

In 1954, at the height of McCarthyism, "under God" was added to distinguish the "inalienable" rights of US democracy from those of communist states, where rights were conferred on citizens.
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