On This Date September 8,1892- ” I pledge Allegiance…….”

September 8, 1892 – 1st appearance of “Pledge of Allegiance”. It was originally composed by
Captain George Thatcher Balch, a Union Army Officer during the Civil War and later a teacher of
patriotism in New York City schools. The form of the pledge used today was largely devised by
Francis Bellamy on this date, and formally adopted by Congress as the pledge in 1942. The
official name of The Pledge of Allegiance was adopted in 1945. The most recent alteration of its
wording came on Flag Day in 1954, when the words “under God” were added