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[CITE: 4USC4]

 
       TITLE 4--FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES
 
                           CHAPTER 1--THE FLAG
 
Sec. 4. Pledge of allegiance to the flag; manner of delivery

    The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, ``I pledge allegiance to the 
Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it 
stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for 
all.'', should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with 
the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove 
their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, 
the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, 
face the flag, and render the military salute.

(Added Pub. L. 105-225, Sec. 2(a), Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1494.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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4.....................................  36:172.                          June 2
2, 1942, ch. 435, Sec.  7, 56
                                                                          Stat.
 380; Dec. 22, 1942, ch. 806,
                                                                          Sec. 
 7, 56 Stat. 1077; Dec. 28, 1945,
                                                                          ch. 6
07, 59 Stat. 668; June 14, 1954,
                                                                          ch. 2
97, 68 Stat. 249; July 7, 1976,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 94-344, (19), 90 Stat. 813.
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