WWII, Pledge of Allegiance, 1942

WWII, Pledge of Allegiance, 1942

Entitled: "San Francisco, California. First graders, some of Japanese ancestry, at the Weill public school pledging allegiance to the United States flag." The Pledge of Allegiance is a solemn vow of loyalty and support for the country. "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." The Pledge of Allegiance first appeared in 1892 in a children's magazine. The phrase under God, added in 1954, has inspired heated debate over the separation of church and state. Swearing of the Pledge is accompanied by a salute. The internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps of 110,000-120,000 people of Japanese ancestry ordered by President Roosevelt shortly after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese-Americans were incarcerated based on local population concentrations and regional politics. The internment is considered to have resulted more from racism than from any security risk posed by Japanese-Americans. Photographed by Dorothea Lange, 1942.

DOROTHEA LANGE

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