Tomorrow is Independence Day here in the United States of America commonly referred to [because of the date] as July 4th. To many people it is a time of party…. It IS a time of celebration for the freedoms that this nation has historically stood for. Please take a few moments to reflect upon the ideals of our nation.
Rich

Red Skelton is best known for being a comedy legend, but the Red Skelton routine that people really need to see is this rendition of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Transcript [there are links to the video at the end]

“I’ve been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semester and it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you. If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word?”

I — me, an individual, a committee of one.

PLEDGE — dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self pity.

ALLEGIANCE — my love and my devotion.

TO THE FLAG — our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there’s respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom is everybody’s job!

UNITED — that means that we have all come together.

STATES — individual communities that have united into 48 great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose; all divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that’s love for country.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC — a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people and it’s from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.

FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION — one nation, meaning “so blessed by God”

INDIVISIBLE — incapable of being divided.

WITH LIBERTY — which is freedom — the right of power to live one’s own life without threats, fear or some sort of retaliation.

AND JUSTICE — the principle or quality of dealing fairly with others.

FOR ALL — which means, boys and girls, it’s as much your country as it is mine.

And now, boys and girls, let me hear you recite the Pledge of Allegiance:

‘I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.’

Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance…
UNDER GOD

Wouldn’t it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too?

– Red Skelton

Video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qO7f9l4tlA