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- 1. (in the US) a solemn oath of loyalty to the United States, declaimed as part of flag-saluting ceremonies.
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Expression of loyalty to the Flag of the United States and the republic of the United States of America
The Pledge of Allegiance is a patriotic recited verse that promises allegiance to the flag of the United States and the republic of the United States of America. The first version was written in 1885 by Captain George Thatcher Balch, a Union Army officer in the Civil War who later authored a book on how to teach patriotism to children in public schools. In 1892, Francis Bellamy revised Balch's ver... Wikipedia