National Pledge of Allegiance Day
Description
President George Bush Sr. Proclaims National Pledge of Allegiance Day
"On September 8, 1892, the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag first appeared in print. Today, nearly a century later, the words penned by Francis Bellamy in observance of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America are among the most widely recited verses of American literature."
Full text available via the American Presidency Project at UCSB: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=1731
"On September 8, 1892, the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag first appeared in print. Today, nearly a century later, the words penned by Francis Bellamy in observance of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America are among the most widely recited verses of American literature."
Full text available via the American Presidency Project at UCSB: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=1731
Date
1989-08-19
Type
Presidential proclamation