The pledge of Allegiance - Francis Bellamy (modified
by the National Flag Conference and the U.S. Congress)

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 8 November 2001.

(Explanation of the glossing system)

ME PROMISE SUPPORT FLAG "U" "S" "A". WHY? THAT REPRESENT GOVERNMENT HERE, AMERICA. #ALL-OF-US ONE* COUNTRY. [GOD LOOK-DOWN-from-above SUPERVISE-below PROTECT-below.] SEPERATE"each" NO-NO. COOPERATE MUST. PLUS GOVERNMENT PROMISE #ALL-OF-US FEEL (<) SAFE, (>) HAVE EQUALITY, WILL.

Notes: ONE* - the emphatic form of "one" with the PO > signer and moves upward emphaticlaly.

SEPERATE"each" - take the base sign SEPERATE and produce it several times while altering the palm orientations of the hands to show different groups in different places separating.

NO-NO - [1], PO away, FO up, shaken from side to side.

#ALL-OF-US - starts with [A], PO > NDS, FO up, sweeps in an arc like WE while opening to an [L].

Lyrics:

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands: One nation, indivisible, [under God] with liberty and justice for all.

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