Sorry to butt in on a cult of personality. When I attended elementary school in California, we recited a pledge of allegiance to the United States of America. Not John F. Kennedy, not Lyndon B. Johnson, and not Richard M. Nixon. Our children recite the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance, AND the Texas Pledge of Allegiance in school. They are aware of Ronald Reagan, George H. Bush, Slick Willie the Impeached, and George W. Bush. They do not worship any of these men.
. 'When I attended elementary school in California, we recited a pledge of allegiance to the United States of America.'