This column publishes between June 14 (Flag Day, commemorating the adoption of the US flag in 1777) and July 4 (day designated as Independence Day, commemorating the ratification of the Declaration of ...

(The Hill) — A Texas teacher agreed to pay a $90,000 settlement this week after he was sued by a student on First Amendment grounds for requiring a class to write out the Pledge of Allegiance. The ...

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 ...

In school and school board meetings we 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…” We do not say “… and ...

Marissa Barnwell failed to show sufficient deference to the Pledge of Allegiance. And for that, she was punished. She was walking quietly down the hall at River Bluff High School in Lexington, South ...

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 ...

Lynn Gendusa is a writer in living in Georgia who is originally from Monterrey, Tennessee. Heading towards Independence Day 2024, let's take a moment to revisit first grade. Close your eyes and recall ...

What does it mean to pledge allegiance to our flag? Old Glory! Think about the words. "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America" — fifty states all united as one. "and to the ...

Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday flubbed while saying the Pledge of Allegiance in the U.S. Senate. Harris was leading the Senate chamber in the pledge on the first day of the new congressional ...

Filmmaker and activist Michael Moore is not a fan of President Donald Trump or the “MAGA-heads” in the United States. Moore dislikes them so much so that he has reportedly proposed a new anti-Trump, ...