 This is Army Veteran Mike, 65 through 67. The Pledge of Allegiance and Meaning by the American Legion. I pledge allegiance, I promise to be faithful, to the flag, to the symbol of our country, of the United States of America, a union of 50 states that have joined together to make up our country, and to the Republic, our nation, in which the supreme power rests and the body of citizens entitled to vote