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Subject: SLS: Pledge of Allegiance (fwd)
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>
>Commentary on the Pledge of Allegiance
>by Red Skelton
>
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>
>As a schoolboy, one of Red Skelton's teachers explained the words and
>meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to his class. Skelton later wrote down,
>and eventually recorded, his recollection of this lecture. It is followed
>by an observation of his own.
>
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>
>I - - Me; an individual; a committee of one.
>
>Pledge - - Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity.
>
>Allegiance - - My love and my devotion.
>
>To the Flag - - Our standard; Old Glory ; a symbol of Freedom; wherever she
>waves there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that
>shouts, Freedom is everybody's job.
>
>United - - That means that we have all come together.
>
>States - - Individual communities that have united into forty-eight great
>states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and
>purpose. All divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common
>purpose, and that is love for country.
>
>And to the Republic - - Republic--a state in which sovereign power is
>invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government
>is the people; and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the
>leaders to the people.
>
>For which it stands
>
>One Nation - - One Nation--meaning, so blessed by God.
>
>Indivisible - - Incapable of being divided.
>
>With Liberty - - Which is Freedom; the right of power to live one's own
>life, without threats, fear, or some sort of retaliation.
>
>And Justice - - The principle, or qualities, of dealing fairly with others.
>
>For All - - For All--which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country
>as it is mine.
>
>
>And now, boys and girls, let me hear you recite the Pledge of Allegiance:
>
>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.
>
>Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country, and two
>words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance: Under God. Wouldn't it
>be a pity if someone said that is a prayer, and that would be eliminated
>from schools, too?
>
>Red Skelton
>
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>Contributed by : David R. Lewis, Nashville, Tennessee.
>
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