IRL 2: The Flag and the Pledge

Civics 101

NHPR

History, Government, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Today, our second IRL puts it up the flagpole and sees if anyone salutes it. Hannah goes into the history of the flag and the Pledge of Allegiance and how they've changed since their inception. Then Nick talks about four times behavior towards the flag and the pledge were the subject of Supreme Court decisions. CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Civics 101 is supported in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
0:05.0	I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States.
0:10.0	The flag was not full because he showed respect.
0:13.0	He came down into the street, made the flag down, burned it.
0:17.0	We're proud of our country. We respect our flag.
0:21.0	I do not want to regulate it here.
0:23.0	We are simply trying to preserve the flag as I symbol for all people.
0:27.0	Barbara Bush wore a flag scarf, for example.
0:30.0	There are flag bikinis. There are flag everything.
0:33.0	Oh, it's that time again.
0:35.0	Time for another Civics 101 IRL,
0:39.0	where we dive into the historic moments related to our regular episode topics.
0:44.0	I'm Nick Capodice, and with me, as always, is Hannah McCarthy.
0:48.0	Hey there, folks. Virginia will be back for the next one.
0:50.0	This is a supplement to our episode 79, which is about the U.S. flag code.
0:55.0	There was so much to talk about that we had to cut the flag in half.
0:58.0	For my half, I'm going to do history of the flag at history of the Pledge of Allegiance.
1:02.0	Yes, and I'm going to do Supreme Court cases that involve the flag in the pledge.
1:05.0	Do you want to start with history?
1:06.0	Yes, please.
1:07.0	Yes, please.
1:11.0	Through the ages, men has sought to distinguish his castle, his clan,
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