The year 2020 has been hard in so many ways. I hope you enjoy these patriotic caches leading up to the November 3, 2020 election. At each of the View of the Flag hides you will be able to spot an America flag. Here you can spot two.
The Pledge of Allegiance
Section 4 of the Flag Code states:
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove any non-religious headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute.
Congress officially made the Pledge of Allegiance part of the Flag Code in 1945, 50 years after the original pledge was written. Some state legislatures even required school children to recite the pledge at school each day. That action was legally challenged and the Supreme Court ruled children could not be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at school.
Following a significant amount of lobbying by various groups, Congress approved a bill to add the words 'under God' to the pledge and President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law on June 14, 1954. The addition was challenged as a breach of the Constitution's separation of church and state. Proponents of the change argued the words under God were not religious because they only recognized divine guidance of the country and not a religion.
The current Pledge of Allegiance, still being challenged today, remains the same as that signed into law in 1954 by President Eisenhower.
The pledge was written by magazine editor Francis Bellamy in 1892 for a nationwide public school celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing. In 1898, during the Spanish American War, New York became the first state to mandate that public school students recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of each school day. Many states followed suit, and the pledge remained a staple of the daily routine in many schools until 1988, when it became an issue in the presidential campaign.
Vice President George H.W. Bush criticized his opponent, Democrat Michael Dukakis, for vetoing a bill as governor of Massachusetts that would have required the pledge to be recited in public schools. Dukakis said he did so after being advised that the law was unconstitutional.
At the height of the campaign, on Sept. 13, 1988, the pledge was recited on the floor of the House of Representatives for the first time. Republican members of the House, who were in the minority, offered a resolution to that effect, and it was accepted by Speaker Jim Wright, a Democrat. Wright ruled that from then on, the pledge would be recited at the start of business each day that the House was in session.
The Senate did not begin daily recital of the pledge until June 24, 1999. Since then, the pledge has become part of the opening rituals of nearly all state and local governmental bodies.
To figure the coordinates for the final:
N 32 11.Y92
W 110 5X.5X6
Upon leaving the parking lot, there are several bumble bees at the north side of the entrance driveway. Count how many are there, SUBTRACT ONE and plug this number in the coordinates above as X.
Upon leaving the parking lot, there are several bumble bees at the north side of the entrance driveway. Count how many are there, ADD FOUR and plug this number in the coordinates above as Y.
To get to the final, head south on Swan Rd. You will have to make a U-turn at some point. There is a small pull-off area at a gate where you can park. Please stay away from the gate, as this is private property. This area could use some CITO, if you happen to have a trash bag with you.
Source: https://kool1079.com/8-facts-you-may-not-know-about-the-pledge-of-allegiance/, https://www.ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm
To test your answer to the coordinates puzzle above: X+X+Y=14.
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