"Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag" sheet music by Irving Caesar: Museum Object and Cultural History
"Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag" sheet music by Irving Caesar: date made: 1955. Object Name: sheet music. Object Type: Sheet Music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music with a colored drawing of the American flag on a white background was created in commemoration of Flag Day and the June 14, 1954 modification to the Pledge by President Dwight D. Eisenhower that included the phrase "under God." It also includes a page with a short history of the Pledge of Allegiance. The music was composed by Irving Caesar, ASCAP at the request of Representative Louis C. Rabaur. He had previously sponsored joint resolution 243 to support the the change in the pledge. This music was performed for the first time on the floor of the House of Representatives on Flag Day, June 14, 1955 by the Air Force Choral group, the "Singing Sergeants."
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1955
- Object Name: sheet music
- Object Type: Sheet Music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- commemorated: Pledge of Allegiance
- ID Number: 1992.0117.15
- catalog number: 1992.0117.15
- accession number: 1992.0117
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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