louis albert bowman first suggested adding under god in the pledge of allegiance.
louis albert bowman first suggested adding under god in the pledge of allegiance.
who first suggested adding under god in the pledge of allegiance?
louis albert bowman
louis albert bowman, an attorney from illinois, was the first to suggest the addition of "under god" to the pledge. the national society of the daughters of the american revolution gave him an award of merit as the originator of this idea. he spent his adult life in the chicago area and was chaplain of the illinois society of the sons of the american revolution. at a meeting on february 12, 1948, he led the society in reciting the pledge with the two words "under god" added. he said that the words came from lincoln's gettysburg address. although not all manuscript versions of the gettysburg address contain the words "under god", all the reporters' transcripts of the speech as delivered do, as perhaps lincoln may have deviated from his prepared text and inserted the phrase when he said "that the nation shall, under god, have a new birth of freedom." bowman repeated his revised version of the pledge at other meetings.
pledge of allegiance
pledge of allegiance (disambiguation)









































the pledge of allegiance of the united states is an expression of allegiance to the flag of the united states and the republic of the united states of america.









































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bullet::::- pledge of allegiance to the flag of south korea, a pledge to the flag of south korea









































bullet::::- pledge of allegiance to the philippine flag, a pledge to the flag of the philippines









































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bullet::::- in god we trust (disambiguation)
pledge of allegiance (disambiguation)