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

Date

1989-08-19

Type

Presidential proclamation