Narrator: We often recite the Pledge of Allegiance without really listening to or understanding the words we are saying. We will recite it now and try to explain the meaning of each word.
1st Scout: I...
Narrator: I, an individual, a committee of one.
2nd Scout: Pledge...
Narrator: Dedicate all my worldly goods to give without self-pity.
3rd Scout: Allegiance...
Narrator: My love and devotion.
4th Scout: To the flag...
Narrator: Our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom, dignity, respect, and loyalty.
5th Scout: Of the United...
Narrator: United means that we are one.
6th Scout: States of America...
Narrator: States - individual communities that have united into 50 great states - 50 individual communities, with pride and dignity and purpose; all separated by imaginary boundaries, yet united in a common bond, love for country.
7th Scout: And to the Republic...
Narrator: Republic - a state in which sovereign power is invested in representative chosen by the people to govern, and the government is the people; and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
8th Scout: For which it stands...
9th Scout: One nation under God...
Narrator: Blessed by God.
10th Scout: Indivisible...
Narrator: Incapable of being divided.
11th Scout: With liberty...
Narrator: Which is freedom, the right to live one's own life without threats, or fear of some sort of revenge.
12th Scout: And justice...
Narrator: The principle or qualities of dealing fairly with others.
13th Scout: For all.
Narrator: For all, which means boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, it's your country as much as it is mine.
Will you all please stand and repeat with me the Pledge of Allegiance.
Last edited: February 22, 2004
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