Washington enlisted Betsy Ross‚ a seamstress from Philadelphia‚ to sew the flag. Yet‚ there is no official documentation to prove that she had indeed made the flag. The American Flag has been changed over twenty times from 1777 to 1960. The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was written in 1892 to admire it. Congress also adopted a Flag Code in 1942 to give specifics on flag protocol and handling instructions. The American Flag stands for many positive thoughts and ideals. Many around the world
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beliefs. One being that prayer is important. Not only the families‚ but the children as well‚ pray daily. Specifically‚ when the children are beginning their day of homeschooling the say a specific religious pledge of allegiance to their Christian flag then follow that by saying a pledge of allegiance to the bible. Not only are they praying in the home but also in church and in their daily activities in everyday life. It is also seen that they believe that Christian teachings should still be in the schools
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required to maintain such as respecting the law‚ voting‚ paying taxes‚ and serving on juries. If citizens want to receive protection and other services from the government‚ than they owe allegiance and loyalty to the United States. Some examples of allegiance and loyalty would be simply saying the Pledge of Allegiance every day and as a male registering with the selective service at the age of eighteen. Being a citizen in the United States‚ means I was born to the greatest nation in the world. Being
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Justices of the United States Supreme Court are strategic actors who strive to secure policy outcomes as close to their preferred outcome as possible. Accomplishing this sometimes requires justices to not always pursue their true policy preferences and sometimes it requires justices to ignore legal and policy questions. In this essay‚ I will analyze how justices were strategic in a few landmark supreme court cases. The supreme court case Marbury v. Madison is a perfect example of justices being
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4th Period Definition Essay‚ “What is an American” FINAL DRAFT Paste your final draft here: What Is an American? What does it mean to be an American? Many will have similarities in their answers but none will ever be the same. When we started this unit‚ my definition was to have a deep history in the U.S.‚ having opportunities to better yourself‚ and having freedom. Some people are never able to experience the feeling of living the American dream. Native Americans‚ who are the original people of
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permitted and then introduced herself as Miss Ferenczi‚ and then told a brief story about her. Shortly after she began to start the lesson when Jeanni Vermeesh interrupted her to tell her that Mr. Hibler usually started the day off with the Pledge of Allegiance. She then told the class that if that was the case then they should already know it very well‚ and by repeating it again would be a waste of time‚ so they continued to their reading lesson. Mr. Hibler a fourth grade teacher at Five Oaks Elementary
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American while in the camps. Photos of the Japanese Americans included school pictures taken while in the internment camps. In the photo titled‚ “Students Reciting the American Pledge of Allegiance on Stage During Ceremony at Poston II School”‚ this photo shows Japanese American students reciting the American Pledge of Allegiance. As examining
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to freedom of religion. This country was founded on religious freedom. It is necessary to our heritage as Americans to be allowed to pray in school. Our forefathers founded this great nation on religion. The constitution as well as the pledge of allegiance both reference god. Prayer in school should be a religious freedom granted to us by our heritage as Americans. We came to America to escape religious persecution hundreds of years ago. For that reason I don’t
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Eric Gaspard February 26‚ 2012 POS-301 Grand Canyon University Professor Amanda Froes RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS Eric Gaspard The Bill of Rights is composed of the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Amendments can become a part of the Constitution by one of two ways. These are spelled out in Article V of the Constitution. To propose an Amendment both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives must approve the proposal by a two-thirds supermajority
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key educational issues related to the first amendment and the first one is separation of church and state. This amendment states that no laws endorsing a religion shall be passed and this impacts education because the pledge of allegiance is said in many schools and God’s in the pledge. Some people argued about public schools being funded by the government and the use of God in public schools is illegal. Under God to some people is a religious reference and it imposes on religion. This is a religious
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