Pledge of Allegiance
The pledge of allegiance to the state flag is as follows:
| “ | Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. | ” |
The pledge was instituted by the Texas Legislature in 1933, and originally referred to the "Texas flag of 1836" (which was the Burnet Flag, and not the Lone Star Flag then in use). In 1965, the error was corrected by deleting the words "of 1836". In 2007, the phrase "one state under God" was added. The addition of "under God" has been challenged in court, though an injunction was denied.
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