Protocol
American Flag Code, Conduct, and Protocol
DAR Ritual
GAVEL AND ASSEMBLY STANDING
REGENT: To perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American Independence; to promote the development of an enlightened public opinion; and to foster patriotic citizenship; these are the objects of our Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.
CHAPLAIN: Keep that which is committed to thy trust. TIMOTHY 6:20
RESPONSE: Yea, I have a goodly heritage. PSALM 16:6
CHAPLAIN: Thou shalt remember all the ways which the Lord thy God led thee. DEUTERONOMY 8:2
RESPONSE: Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. PSALM 13:12
CHAPLAIN: (Prayer): Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for Thy guidance and for Thy abiding presence in the life of our country. We thank Thee for all of those yesterdays of our human race whose lessons and fulfillments have become a heritage to us. Continue, we pray, Thy blessings upon this nation that all who are part of it may learn true nobility of manhood and womanhood. Grant us growth in understanding and increasing devotion to righteousness. In Thy name we pray. Amen.
DAR Daughters’ Pledge
We, the Daughters of the American Revolution, who find rest under thy folds, do pledge our lives, our hearts, and our sacred honor, to love and protect thee, our country, and the liberty of the American people forever. Anonymous
The Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag of the United States of America
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. Francis M. Bellamy
The American’s Creed
I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect Union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its Constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its Flag and to defend it against all enemies. William Tyler Page
The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States
“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The Star- Spangled Banner
(First Verse) Francis Scott Key
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous flight
O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our Flag was still there.
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
God Bless America
Irving Berlin
While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that’s free.
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in solemn prayer:
God bless America, land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America, my home sweet home.
You’re A Grand Old Flag
(Chorus) George M. Cohan
You’re a grand old flag,
You’re a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave.
You’re the emblem of
The land I love.
The home of the free and the brave.
Ev’ry heart beats true
‘neath the Red, White and Blue,
Where there’s never a boast or brag.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.
