#009- The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of The United States - a podcast by Uirapuru

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

A Pledged   means you make a promise, you swear it.  An Allegiance-   means loyalty, to be faithful.

In the United States, before all government function is customary to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, also when one became a Citizen of the United States.

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States

should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men 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. Members of the Armed Forces not in uniform and veterans may render the military salute in the manner provided for persons in uniform.

a) It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.

(b) The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.

(c) The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement, except when an all weather flag is displayed.

(d) The flag should be displayed daily on or near the main administration building of every public institution.

(e) The flag should be displayed in or near every polling place on election days.

(f) The flag should be displayed during school days in or near every schoolhouse.

Here  is

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.”,

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