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First Posted: 11/07/11 10:06 AM ET Updated: 11/07/11 10:06 AM ET

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By Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Veterans groups have bought 1,200 American flags for a major Ohio school district that now requires the Pledge of Allegiance but didn't have enough flags to pledge to.

Columbus teachers had improvised with flags printed on pieces of paper or projected onto classroom walls when the new policy was implemented at the start of the school year. Schools are directed to begin each day with the Pledge of Allegiance, though students may choose not to participate.

VFW state Commander Gerald Ward says the effort is part of the mission of the veterans organizations to promote patriotism.

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By Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Veterans groups have bought 1,200 American flags for a major Ohio school district that now requires the Pledge of Allegiance but didn't have enough flags to pled...
By Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Veterans groups have bought 1,200 American flags for a major Ohio school district that now requires the Pledge of Allegiance but didn't have enough flags to pled...
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09:49 PM on 11/07/2011
Three of my students today refused to stand and after speaking with them told me that they learned about the first amendment. I then projected the Bellamy pledge as well as discussed changes to the pledge over the years. It'll be interesting to see how many sit tomorrow and if the three will stand tomorrow.
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Hlynn
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09:48 PM on 11/07/2011
What a wonderful report! What a generous thing for the veterans to do! I hope they received many thank you letters and pictures from the students and employees of those schools.
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05:17 PM on 11/07/2011
I'm sorry, but I refuse to pledge my allegiance to a flag and it doesn't make me any less patriotic.
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justoneguy60
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10:49 PM on 11/07/2011
don't know if you ever saw this video, but this will give you an idea about the pledge, watch and listen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZBTyTWOZCM
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07:18 AM on 11/08/2011
Yes. I have seen it and if more people were to understand what the pledge truly meant, then perhaps I would recite it. But they don't, they simply state it because they believe the have to or out of some misguided notion of patriotism. I believe that if one can show their allegiance to a country without pledging allegiance to the flag of said country on a daily basis. Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against those who do, but on a personal basis, I don't.
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angelfish81
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11:10 AM on 11/07/2011
hope those flags weren't made in china
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