Hi Kids!! Halloween is here tomorrow. Are you excited? I am!! I am going as a clown. Imagine that. If you have any pictures to show us please send them in. We would love to show them off. Have a Happy Halloween and I will write again shortly.
I bet you say the Pledge of Alligence to the Flag Everyday at school. But do you ever wonder what it really means?
Here is what it means. It is so beautiful.
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
Our standard, Old Glory, the symbol of freedom. wherever she waves there's respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom is everybody's job!
of the United
That means that we have all come together.
States of America
Individual communites that have united into 50 great states. Fifty individual communities with pride and dignity with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that's love for country.
And to the republic
A state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people an it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
For which it stands, one nation, under God
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
Which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine.
It is almost the 4th of July. In this great nation of ours we will be watching fireworks, celebrating our countries birthday, our freedom, and our future. I am so proud of all of you for learning the Pledge of Allegience. Have a good and safe 4th of July.
Polly Ester Clown
If you draw a picture of you standing by a flag, and send it to me, I will post it on our Art Wall.
Good drawing!!
