I can legitimately salute the flag, rather than hold my hand over my heart during the national anthem, OR the Pledge of Allegiance. I do not say the two words added in the 1950’s to the pledge, as a “secular Buddhist”, and resent the four words appearing on our money only in the mid 20th century as well. Check out a bill from series 1934 for one example, no “in God we trust”.
I also have patriotic friends who NEVER stand for the National Anthem or the Pledge, as they either lost their legs, or became paraplegics as a result of service to the country that proved their patriotism, with their blood and tears.
I can legitimately salute the flag, rather than hold my hand over my heart during the national anthem, OR the Pledge of Allegiance. I do not say the two words added in the 1950’s to the pledge, as a “secular Buddhist”, and resent the four words appearing on our money only in the mid 20th century as well. Check out a bill from series 1934 for one example, no “in God we trust”.
I also have patriotic friends who NEVER stand for the National Anthem or the Pledge, as they either lost their legs, or became paraplegics as a result of service to the country that proved their patriotism, with their blood and tears.