The anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. flag is celebrated each year on June 14. tiaramaio/RooM via Getty images The Continental Congress, the legislative body for the newly declared United States ...

At the end of lessons each school day in the mid-1890s, Redlands teacher Mary Fackler would decide if students had behaved and done their schoolwork properly. If all had gone well, one student would ...

“I pledge allegiance to the United States of America,” the vice president said as she led the Senate in the pledge Friday, omitting the words “the flag of.” The full pledge, which many children have ...

One Maryland public school was coerced into no longer requiring students and staff to recite the Pledge of Allegiance after a free speech group pushed back against what it called "mandatory patriotism ...

What does it mean to pledge allegiance to our flag? Old Glory! Think about the words. "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America" — fifty states all united as one. "and to the ...

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Vice President Kamala Harris flubbed the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the 119th Congress Friday prior to swearing in new United States Senators. Harris, who rose to the top of the Democratic ...