Pledge of Allegiance - What It Really Means

	Below is the transcript of the Pledge of Allegiance performance on "THE RED SKELTON HOUR", January 14, 1969. Red Skelton's Pledge Of Allegiance has been read twice into the Congressional Record, and received 42 Awards for Patriotism. Be sure to have your computer speakers on to hear the story as told by Mr. Skelton himself.
	"I've been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semester and it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you. If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word?" I me, an individual, a committee of one. Pledge dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self pity. Allegiance my love and my devotion. To the flag, of the our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there's respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom is everybody's job. United that means that we have all come together. States of America, individual communities that have united into 48 great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose, all divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that's love for country. And to the republic republic, a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people. For which it stands, one nation one nation, meaning so blessed by God Indivisible incapable of being divided. With liberty which is freedom; the right of power to live one's own life without threats, fear, or some sort of retaliation. And Justice the principle or quality of dealing fairly with others. For all for all, which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine. And now Boys and girls, let me hear you recite the Pledge of Allegiance: www.bedford.k12.va.us/pledge/
			I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for all.
	Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance... Under God. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too?