#Oath of Allegiance

[newyorkthegoldenage]

New citizens taking the oath of allegiance, Federal Court for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, 1924.

Photo: Bettman Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1695 – Penal Laws are passed which restrict the rights of Catholics to have an education, to bear arms, or to possess a horse worth more than five pounds.

When Limerick fell to the Williamite army in 1691,  the first article of surrender stated that: The Roman Catholics of this Kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in their exercise of their religion as are consistent with the laws of Ireland, or as they did enjoy in the reign of King Charles the second: and their majesties, as soon as their affairs permit them to summon a parliament in this kingdom,…

[my-deer-history]

John Laurens' oath of allegiance.

Alexander Hamilton's oath of allegiance.

If you want to find one of the others, browse the index here and then match the page number to the typed number in the top right corner (noting that the documents are filed in reverse order, meaning the lowest numbers/earliest dates are at the bottom of the archive).

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Oath of Allegiance to Crown to Soon Vanish,” Kingston Whig-Standard. February 28, 1933. Page 1 & 12. ---- It Will Become Dead Letter in Anglo-Irish Free State Treaty - Senate Blocked de Valera Move But That Body Now Rendered Powerless ---- (By the Canadian Press) DUBLIN, Irish Free State, Feb, 28. - Sixty days from tomorrow the oath of allegiance to the British Crown will vanish from the constitution of the Irish Free State and become a dead letter in the Anglo-Irish treaty. 

President Eamonn de Valera will effect its disappearance by a motion in the Dail Eireann invoking Article 38A of the constitution, rendering the Senate powerless to obstruct passage of his Oath Removal Bill any longer. The constitution provides that bills which the Senate refuses to pass in such a manner as to satisfy the Lower House will, at the expiration of fifteen months, become law despite the Senate. In the event the Dail is dissolved in the meantime, the waiting period is shortened to sixty days. 

The oath question has dominated every election campaign since the Free State was founded and has caused endless acrimony and bitterness between large sections of the Irish people. 

Section That Offends The section of the Treaty to which so many Irishmen have taken offence says:

"The oath to be taken by members of the Parliament of the Irish Free State shall be in the following form: I... do solemnly swear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the Irish Free State as by law established and that I will be faithful to H. M. George V, his heirs and success by law, in virtue of the common citizenship of Ireland with Great Britain and her adherence to and membership of the group of nations forming the British Commonwealth of Nations." 

It was on this section that Mr. de Valera and his followers in 1921 founded their objection to the treaty and refused to recognize it. William T. Cosgrove and his party, however, found no cause for complaint in the section and insured that the oath clause in the constitution which was framed later should be a strong one. 

Made Mandatory Article 17 of the constitution made the oath mandatory. The Republicans refused to take it and remained outside the Dail, leaving Mr. Cosgrave and his adherents with a clear field. 

For a while the Republicians pursued a policy of abstention, contenting themselves with getting elected to the Dail and boycotting the Assembly. At that time all the Republican forces were concentrated in one organization, styled "Sinn Fein" (literally "ourselves alone"), but they grew tired of abstention and loss of political capital in the few years that followed. 

After the 1932 elections when Mr. de Valera found himself heading the Government for the first time he immediately attempted to remove the oath. He was blocked by the Senate, He is now in a position to force removal of the oath but is still faced with a possibility that this move will fail to satisfy left wing extremists including the old Sinn Fein,

[tomorrowusa]

So Edward Snowden swore an oath of allegiance to Putin. *yawns*

Snowden, 39, a former intelligence contractor who leaked secret files that were reported on by the Guardian, was granted Russian citizenship in an order signed by Vladimir Putin in September.

On Friday, Snowden’s lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, said Snowden had received his passport. “He took the oath,” he said.

The decision has come at an extremely inauspicious moment, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent descent into international isolation. Russia has mobilised its population for war and threatened to use nuclear weapons in order to defend territory it has occupied in Ukraine.

Kucherena said on Friday that Snowden was “happy” and that Russian citizenship would prevent him from being extradited.

Snowden is either a world class dupe or he was a Russian agent from the start.

Some people on the fringe left still idolize him. Considering that his pre-fame political views were to the right of Mitt Romney, I find that laughable. He even made $250 in campaign contributions to Ron Paul.

That he decided to throw in his lot with the genocidal, kleptocratic, homophobic, imperialistic régime of Vladimir Putin speaks loudly of him.

Now that Comrade Snowden is a Russian citizen, maybe he’ll get drafted and sent to Ukraine where he might get captured and sent to the US. He would be a great cellmate for Donald Trump who is another Putin fan.

[jose96853]

THE BEST DOCUMENT EVER WRITTEN THAT SEEMS TO BE COMING TO A HEAD

The Declaration of Independence is starting to show what is happening in the United States today. We are being tyrannically abused right now through the Democratic Party and those who are so-called Republicans but are Rhino Republicans to where when they have power they do not listen to their constituents. These are abuses that need to be addressed and those who cannot fulfill their oaths must…

[judgeitbyitscover]

The Deed of Paksenarrion series by Elizabeth Moon

Cover art by Kevin Davies

Baen Books, 1988-1989

Sheepfarmer's Daughter (1988)

Paksenarrion — Paks for short — is somebody special. She knows it, even if nobody else does yet. No way will she follow her father's orders to marry the pig farmer down the road. She's off to join the army, even if it means she can never see her family again.

And so her adventure begins... the adventure that transforms her into a hero remembered in songs, chosen by the gods to restore a lost ruler to his throne.

Here is her tale as she lived it.

Paks is trained as a mercenary, blooded, and introduced to the life of a soldier . . . and to the followers of Gird, the soldier's god.

Divided Allegiance (1988)

Once a sheepfarmer's daughter, now a seasoned veteran, Paksenarrion has proven herself a fighter. Years with Duke Phelan's Company taught her weaponry, discipline, and how to react as part of a military unit.

Now, though, Paks feels spurred to a solitary destiny. Against all odds she is accepted as a paladin-candidate by the Fellowship of Gird. Years of study will follow, for a paladin must be versed in diplomacy and magic as well as the fighting arts. But before she is fully trained, Paks is called to her first mission: to seek out the fabled stronghold of Luap far to the west. The way is long, the dangers many - and not even the Marshal-General of Gird can say whether glory of ruin awaits.

Oath of Gold (1989)

Paksenarrion - Paks for short - was somebody special. Never could she have followed her father's orders and married the pig farmer down the road. Better a soldier's life than a pigfarmer's wife, and so though she knew that she could never go home again, Paks ran away to be a soldier. And so began and adventure destined to transform a simple Sheepfarmer's Daughter into a hero fit to be chosen by the gods.

[usnatarchives]

Pledging allegiance to the flag, World War I, NARA ID 31480822.

New Citizens Swear Oath of Allegiance in Rotunda Ceremony 12/2022 National Archives News story by Victoria Macchi, photo by Susana Raab.

#OTD 1945: Congress Recognizes Pledge of Allegiance

World War I War Relief - Young Women's Hebrew Association. NARA ID 45564213.

“Photograph of Recruits Taking Their Oath of Allegiance to the Flag and Country.” Undated Signal Corps image, NARA ID 596203.

Pledge of Allegiance at Raphael Weill Public School, CA, 4/20/1942, by Dorothea Lange. NARA ID 536053.

Seventeen-year-old twins James and Robert Heater recite the pledge when sworn into the U.S. Coast Guard in NYC, 2/16/1945. NARA ID 205588942.

Archivist Wayne Grover receives the original resolution for the Pledge of Allegiance, 5/1/1955. NARA ID 74229007.

[clockworktea]

seeing as I am currently a citizen of the UK and spitting mad about this:

I owe no allegiance or obedience to that line of smug entitled parasites, and even if I did think that way before the fact that they are spending tens to hundreds of millions on a party to celebrate how important they are in a time like this and plastering that arrogant grinning face everywhere would be enough to break me of it

we live in a goddamn democracy the only thing I owe him is to apparently restrain myself from throwing eggs in his face in the street

[seishun-emergency]

youmight think i am weird for this but i think knights for the most part have pretty good music

[dtwof]

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Students in Miss O'Hara's sixth grade class at P.S. 116 salute the American flag during the pledge of allegiance on October 11, 1957.

Photo: Associated Press

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1936 – In the wake of the abdication of Edward VIII, the Dáil passes legislation removing the King from the Irish Constitution and abolishing the position of Governor General.

In 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was pursuing a divorce of her second. Police detectives following Simpson reported back that, while involved with Edward, she was also involved with a married car mechanic and salesman named Guy Trundle. This may…

[dymagamwedd]

well we're being told we should all speak our allegiance aloud to the new king so. normal island in 2023. great.

[ms-boogie-man]

They are the street team of the political establishment… the elites. And when I say political establishment, I mean both parties; Dems and the GOP

Their invasion of our republic has been over a century in the making. The planning, the legislating, the scheming behind our backs, the elections you thought were legit but really only resulted in the appointment of yet another corrupt, treasonous monster

… and now you get a clue-in as to why the words traitor and treason have had nearly no meaning in America for the last 150 years; basically since the Act of 1871 Treason in back rooms and secret societies is all these POS's have been up to

And now, they plan to finish off the theft of our country by replacing us with border jumping, side-winding, bush-whackin', back-bitin', low-down, dirt scrub criminals who — every one of them — was let out of prison before being sent here to be bused, trained, or flown, to places where conservative make their home… most of the big cities already belong to the Democrats

… and make not any mistake here

It matters not how you identify … Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal, anarchist or libertarian, or even just independent, you will be replaced under this very real replacement strategy *it is not a theory yo

… over to you, brave patriots

Angie/Maddie🦇❥✝︎🇺🇸

They are not migrants

They are not dreamers

They are not immigrants

They are not newcomers

They are not asylum seekers

They are not border crossers

They are leeches

They are invaders

They are criminals

They are traffickers

They are illegal aliens

They are law breakers

[artcalledtattoo]

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