Pledge of allegiance

[Bustem' Down]

Does Maryland have a state pledge of allegiance? I was just thinking back to when I was a kid in Texas and every morning after the National pledge we'd say the Texas pledge of allegiance. Doesn't that seem strange to anyone? It does to me, that's why I was asking about Maryland. Or any other state.

 

[Toxick]

Or any other state.

Negative in Arizona.
Must just be too friggin' hot to bother with it.


I don't remember saying or hearing a Maryland Pledge in all my years there.


I'm completely ignorant on the subject in all other states.

 

[teverheart2002]

We'd just say the national pledge in Iowa. No special state pledge for us either.

In Oklahoma everyone here knows the chant:

Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner, OK U!
Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Oklahoma, OK U!
I'm a Sooner born and Sooner bred
and when I die, I'll be Sooner dead
Rah Oklahoma, Rah Oklahoma
Rah Oklahoma, OK U!

Even in Iowa my family were big OU fans.

 

[Bustem' Down]

I think I remember singing "Texas Our Texas" too after all the pledging.

 

[Goofing_Off]

Maryland, My Maryland

Thou wilt not cower in the dust,
Maryland! my Maryland!
Thy gleaming sword shall never rust,
Maryland! my Maryland!
Remember Carroll's sacred trust,
Remember Howard's war-like thrust,
And all thy slumb'rers with the just,
Maryland! my Maryland!

Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll,
Maryland! my Maryland!
Thou wilt not crook to his control,
Maryland! my Maryland!
Better the fire upon thee roll,
Better the shot, the blade, the bowl,
Than crucifixion of the soul,
Maryland! my Maryland!

I see no blush upon thy cheek,
Maryland! my Maryland!
Tho' thou was ever bravely meek,
Maryland! my Maryland!
For life and death,
For woe and weal,
Thy peerless chivalry reveal,
And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel,
Maryland! my Maryland!

I hear the distant thunder hum,
Maryland! my Maryland!
The Old Line bugle, fife, and drum,
Maryland! my Maryland!
Come to thine own heroic throng,
That stalks with Liberty along,
And ring thy dauntless slogan song,
Maryland! my Maryland!

 

[ylexot]

Maryland, My Maryland

Thou wilt not cower in the dust,
Maryland! my Maryland!
Thy gleaming sword shall never rust,
Maryland! my Maryland!
Remember Carroll's sacred trust,
Remember Howard's war-like thrust,
And all thy slumb'rers with the just,
Maryland! my Maryland!

snip

Sung to the tune of "Oh Tanenbaum"

I grew up here and never heard of there being a Maryland pledge of allegiance.