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