84TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, HOUSE DOCUMENT NO. ZZ5 Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag * I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands_, one Nation under God_, indivisible_, with liberty and justice for all. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Musical Setting by March Time IRVING CAESAR -AS CAP Intro. B~ dim B~7 I'J L ,...,. ,....., I ~ ~ I r - . ~ ....... I '--iii~ I ....... \ f ~~r~p ) l ~..b I . \ I -- ~ VO ICE E~- Cm E~ Gm7~5:I C7 fJ L . --h-1 . I ~ - I r r I pledge al -le-giance,pledgeal-le-giance, Pledgeal-le-gianceto the flag, To the () I t ~. ~ .. .. .,.. 111 ~ J ,,~. 11 mp rtr r-Jrr . 1 111 111 ... 111 -4 .... • ~ ... ".:4i ~ . ~· .... B ~ 7 Fm7 Gm B ~ 7 E~ E~ aug5 Cm E~7 Fm B~ Dm7~5 E ~ Cm E~7 () t . u I - - - r r - - flag of the U - nit- ed States of A- mer- i - ca, A - mer- i - ca, And () I r--. r--. ( t... - ~ 111 ".:4i .. -1 i qi ) :: v-r f r ~r f fv- ~ I t . ' ...: - :::; - 11 :4 -= ~ ~~ i = :4 111 :w ~ ii i ~ .:. ?; () I A B 7 E Cm Fm Gm B ~ 7 E~ I 0 ~ ~ to the Re - pub - lie for which it stands!_ I _(l I I I . \ u I~ r ~: r· ~ r· r ~ r I . ~ . 0 - :4 ... 11 :4 .... 11 ~ ~· 1i 1i 1i T he musical setting to t he above was created at the suggestion of Congressman Louis C. Rabaut whose House Resolution 243 was Copyright 1955 by IRVING CAESAR signed into law on Flag Day, June 14, 1954. The words " under God" we re inserted in the Pledge as a result of Congressman 1619 Broadway, N.Y. C. R abaut 's resolution. 2 CHORUS Gm A~6 A~m6 E~ Gm 7~ 5 C7 Fm m () I . I ~ I - I On e Na-tion un-der God, One Na-tion un - der God, In - di - () '- . ~ i ... il :S P.:j -. - ... ., ... -i -6' pr P-nff' ~: I I . ... .... ... • - • p~ i ... l~ 1i .... P• ~ ~ E~ B~t E~7 (] I . @.) ~ - I ~ ~ I vis - i - ble with lib - er-ty and jus - tice for all, In - di - ") I ~ . ~ ------ il. i p~ - -i ..... ~ · .,- ~ ... ~~ r~r ~'-r t r-= r . .... ... ... ( )~ i . • I • ~ Fm A~m6 B~ Gm B~ 7 E ~ A~ E ~ Gm lJL l . @.) r •• • viR - i- ble with lib- er-ty and jus - tice for all. One I 0 I_ -...... ~ . tJ -i • -J Pt! .... ~ l -i '11 -t < f =6r'-r f ~1~~ ~if I . - --=. - • . \) ... - .... • ... • '11 ...... • i i 2. A A ~ E ~ () I BJ - ~ I I I jus - tice f or all. (J f I /"' I --1 ~ ~ • • r ~\ rit. - at - Fine r r I t . • \ .... .... • i > vbrs. Pledge of Alle giance 2 History of the Pledge THE original author of the pledge was Francis Bellamy, who was born at Mount Morris, New York, May 18, 1855, and died August 28, 1931. He was ordained in 1879 at the Baptist Church in Little Falls, New York. The pledge he wrote was first used at the dedica­ tion of the World's Fair Grounds in Chicago on October 21, 1892, the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, and has been recited from that day to this, with some changes, by school children throughout our land. Reverend Bellamy's original wording was altered slightly by the First and Second National Flag Confer­ ences in 1923 and 1924 and his work was officially designated as the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Public Law 287, Seventy-ninth Congress, approved December 28, 1945. On June 14, 1954, Flag Day, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law House Joint Reso­ lution 243, introduced by Representative Louis C. Rabaut of Michigan, which added to the Pledge of Allegiance the compelling and meaningful words "under God". The song ''Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag'·, composed by Irving Caesar, ASCAP, at the request of Representative Louis C. Rabaut, was sung for the first time on the floor of the House of Representatives on Flag Day, June 14, 1955, by the official Air Force choral group, the "Singing Sergeants", under the direction of Captain Robert L. Landers, AFRES, in special Flag Day ceremonies. t:l U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1955 Q- -66319 FOR SALE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS. U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. WASHINGTON 25. D. C. - PRICE 10 CENTS .