As a member of a commission for the City of Allen, I am required to lead the Pledge of Allegiance to the US Flag. This had me thinking.. (I know this is dangerous ground.) Do we have a Texas Flag Allegiance. Well of course we do. The Texas Pledge of Allegiance can be found in Texas Law. The Pledge is:
Honor the Texas flag;
I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
What was more interesting was the text of the ceremony to retire a Texas Flag. Here is the text. If reading this does not get your pulse up, you are not a bona fide Texan. Continue Reading…