Poster for the Chicago Department of Health, showing a flying disc "Toxoid" preventing a lightning bolt from striking a child. The poster reads: "Diphtheria strikes unprotected children / Protect your child with toxoid--Toxoid prevents diptheria :…
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. This written piece about the Pledge seeks to denote and understand what each word means. A transcript is as follows: When I was a small…
Title 4 establishes the manner and conduct concerning the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: "§4. Pledge of allegiance to the flag; manner of delivery The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of…
President George Bush Sr. Proclaims National Pledge of Allegiance Day "On September 8, 1892, the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag first appeared in print. Today, nearly a century later, the words penned by Francis Bellamy in observance of the 400th…
The Illinois statutes regarding public education include a portion dedicated to teaching American patriotism in schools, as follows: "Each school shall provide instruction in American patriotism, the principles of representative government, as…
This law review conducted by the Chicago-Kent College of Law examines the relationships between free speech, the right of parental choice in a child's upbringing, and the right of the State to establish patriotism in public schools. "On July 23,…
"Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 131 at the desk and just received from the House."
The decision to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance into a national monument…
"The resolution consists of one section. Subsection (a) of Section 1 directs the Architect of the Capitol to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag and the national motto in the Capitol Visitor Center pursuant to an engraving plan.
Subsection…
From the Congressional Record for June 14, 2004:
"But today is also special for another reason. As the resolution also notes, today is the 50th anniversary of the modern version of the Pledge of Allegiance. The pledge has come under attack in…
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After attempting to replicate an Indian recipe, John Wheeley Lea and William Perrins introduced their Worcestershire sauce around 1837. The sauce was sold internationally by 1870, allowing for American manufacture of the sauce. The…
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Dr. J. Parker Pray’s story is inextricably tied to that of his first wife, Mary E. Cobb. Having been trained as a manicurist shortly after their 1874 marriage, Cobb opened her first salon in 1878. Pray was originally a chiropodist, but had…
An 8-year-old Henry John Heinz began his entrepreneurial career in 1852 selling extra vegetables from his mother’s garden; seven years later, he started bottling and selling horseradish. In 1869, Heinz and L. Clarence Noble launch Heinz and Noble,…
