When were the words "under God" adopted by amendment in " The Pledge of Allegiance "?
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03-30-03, 06:29 PM
methos
1954 - after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus and during the Cold War against the 'godless' communists - but it wasn't actually an amendment, was it?

03-30-03, 06:51 PM
mozart56
June 1954 is right , and according to this site it was an amendment.

http://www.usflag.org/the.pledge.of.allegiance.html

03-30-03, 09:14 PM
DorianGreyed
The Pledge was amended, but there was no Constitutional amendment. The site Mozart cited doesn't state that a Constutional Amendment was made. I think that there is some misunderstanding about the word 'amendment.'

03-30-03, 09:18 PM
methos
I may have misunderstood what you meant, but I thought you were referring to a constitutional amendment, which it was not. This site refers to "under God" amending the original pledge.

A bit slow on the reply... it looks like DorianGreyed beat me to it.

03-31-03, 07:55 AM
mozart56
I realize that I have been confused myself, you're both right .There was an "amendmend" but not "constitutional amendmend". Confused

Thanks the clarification.

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