Under God ...



On this very date in nineteen fifty-four

President Eisenhower signed into law

An order adding two words to a pledge

That every American states without hedge 



When they proclaim an oath of allegiance

With hand on heart, and eyes - in obedience

Focused clearly on - The Stars and Stripes* ...

(The other name for Old Glory, but more ripe)



The words added form a phrase so clear ...

Which proclaim we are Under God (so dear)

For it acknowledges there is a supremeness

Which governs our thoughts, and our dress



And gives us a sense of what's right and wrong

Something everyone on earth needs to get along

And knowing we are one nation - and - Under God

Gives us an inate sense of pride in the land trod ...



- Tristram



© Christopher W. Thomas

written 4:20pm Tues. 6/15/99

for the date - June 14th, 1999



NB

It was also upon this date in 1777 ...

when The Continental Congress in Philadelphia - 

adopted The Stars and Stripes as the national flag. 



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