The Continental Congress, the legislative body for the newly declared United States, adopted an official flag on June 14, 1777. The delegates resolved that “the flag of the United States be thirteen ...

However, that wasn't the only reason. The Pledge of Allegiance also was created to venerate the flag and "foster patriotism," in addition to boosting revenue for a popular magazine in the late 1800s ...

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 ...

A: There is history to the “Pledge of Allegiance.” The words that you reference, “under God,” were added in 1954. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill passed by Congress that placed the words ...

(The Conversation) — On Flag Day, a historian of religions in America explains how the Pledge of Allegiance, which honors the American flag, is part of American civil religion. (The Conversation) — ...