Quote Originally Posted by kygorski View Post
Some of us old OLD farts still can recite the the pledge of allegiance. We weren't doing bad before that was added. The hand over the heart replaced the raised right arm something about a practise in the early 40s.
I remember saying it every morning before class started. standing and placing the hand over the Heart was done, to replace the salute, because the salute looked to much like the Nazi salute. here is a little history on the Pledge of Allegiance.

In its original form it read:
"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."In 1923, the words, "the Flag of the United States of America" were added. At this time it read:
"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."In 1954, in response to the Communist threat of the times, President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words "under God," creating the 31-word pledge we say today. Bellamy's daughter objected to this alteration. Today it reads:
"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."