Government & Organizations

Back to School: Origins of the Pledge

Sidedoor by Smithsonian Institution

Aug 20, 202531:30Government & Organizations

Children say it every day in school, but have you ever wondered why we recite the pledge of allegiance? We journey back to the late 1800s to understand how a massive wave of immigration and sagging magazine subscriptions...

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Back to School: Origins of the Pledge is an episode from Sidedoor by Smithsonian Institution . Children say it every day in school, but have you ever wondered why we recite the pledge of allegiance? We journey back to the late 1800s to unde...

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Published Aug 20, 2025, 31:30 long, audio available.

Back to School: Origins of the Pledge

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