THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS WRITTEN IN AUGUST 1892 BY THE SOCIALIST MINISTER FRANCIS BELLAMY. "I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO MY FLAG AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL." IN 1923, "THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", WAS ADDED. IN 1954, IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNIST THREAT OF THE TIMES, CONGRESS TO ADD "UNDER GOD,"