Explanation of the Pledge Ceremony
We often recite the Pledge of Allegiance without really listening to or
understanding the meaning of the words we are saying. You can have each girl
recite a portion, then the explanation. You can also have the girls put the
meaning into their own words.
I - Me, an individual, a committee of one
Pledge - Dedicate all of my worldly possessions to give without
self pity
Allegiance - My love and 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!”
Of the United - United - that means we have all come together
States Of America - States - individual communities that have
united into fifty great states - fifty individual communities with pride
and dignity and purpose; all divided with imaginary boundaries, yet
united in a common purpose - love for country.
And to the Republic - Republic, a state in which power in given
to representatives chosen by the people to govern; and the government is
the people; and it’s from the people to the leaders, not from the
leaders to the people.
For Which it Stands - This is what our Flag stands for - Our
United States
One Nation Under God - meaning so blessed by God
Indivisible - Incapable of being divided
With Liberty - Which is freedom - the right to live one’s own
life without threats or fear of retaliation.
And Justice - The principle or qualities of dealing fairly with
others.
For All - For all - which means, boys and girls, ladies and
gentlemen, it’s as much your country as it is mine.
- adapted from a recording by Red Skelton