In elementary school (1983-1989) , we did flag pledges every morning. We no longer did them in homeroom in Jr. High and High School.

We recited the pledge every day in elementary school. Now the strange thing to me is we said it so much it had no meaning. Additionally, we started at such a young age with perhaps limited vocabulary it was really like this:

iplegalegence tothuflag ofthe United States of America [pause] andtotherepublic forwhichitstands one nation undergod ...

I don't know if anyone else remembers it like this or not.