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cwydro

(51,308 posts)
118. Grew up in the south. And nope.
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 12:51 AM
Oct 2017

We did the Pledge of Allegiance, but I don’t even remember that after the third grade.

I remember the sugar cube polio vaccine though....Anyone else?

60's and 70's mercuryblues Oct 2017 #1
Probably nearly all of us (prior to exams)... hlthe2b Oct 2017 #2
Pledge of allegiance, yes. Took me a second to get your joke. Funny. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #12
Western Canada sharp_stick Oct 2017 #3
Really? And not a Christian school. Interesting. Thanks. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #13
Yup sharp_stick Oct 2017 #68
50's and 60's midwest. We sometimes had prayer at school events. Arkansas Granny Oct 2017 #4
60's/70's in Texas and the Midwest Mr. Ected Oct 2017 #5
NYC Metro area GP6971 Oct 2017 #6
I did, 60s and 70s mcar Oct 2017 #7
Lol. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #14
Never but i think kids were allowed to form prayer groups/clubs JI7 Oct 2017 #8
Yes with an *. We had a benediction at graduation. Late 1970's in madinmaryland Oct 2017 #9
public schools from 1984-1996 Takket Oct 2017 #10
Same here 83-95 pledge every day, no prayer. dewsgirl Oct 2017 #126
Macon Georgia MaryMagdaline Oct 2017 #11
Ok. Thanks. I had heard some southern states did prayer. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #16
Later maybe? MaryMagdaline Oct 2017 #26
That is the feeling I have been getting. Not that it is "back" to prayer. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #28
Right, I've heard that for a long time: that prayer was "taken out of schools." Beartracks Oct 2017 #61
Well, not seeing a lot of 40's like my father, but some 50's and they didn't have it. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #64
It's a lie in any case. Mariana Oct 2017 #96
Not my southern state. cwydro Oct 2017 #119
I am seeing that. Looks like a scattered few in the South and surprising scattered few Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #120
Oh, bless your heart. I lived there for 3 years in early 1980s. Called my office in Hoyt Oct 2017 #85
So sorry MaryMagdaline Oct 2017 #93
Heck I was mostly in Mississippi and we didn't. nolabear Oct 2017 #15
Ok. So some southern states did not. Good to hear. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #17
I did, mountain west Drahthaardogs Oct 2017 #18
At football games but not class, daily? Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #19
No. Just before games. Drahthaardogs Oct 2017 #25
New England TheCowsCameHome Oct 2017 #20
Ahhh. What a story. Interesting. Ok, thanks. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #21
Rural Ohio, 60s-70s, daily prayer over the PA in elementary school. yardwork Oct 2017 #22
Early 60's NYC Yupster Oct 2017 #23
Graduated in 1970 - we had prayer in school until the Supreme Court ruled it out csziggy Oct 2017 #24
Interesting. Thanks. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #30
70's Austin, TX Texasgal Oct 2017 #27
Not in my public school sakabatou Oct 2017 #29
50s, 60s Philly dhol82 Oct 2017 #31
Delaware 70's - nope jberryhill Oct 2017 #32
Keeping Christ out of classrooms is another argument. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #35
Thank you all, this is interesting. I appreciate the participation. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #33
No. Upstate New York. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #34
50's and 60's in a Florida public school, yes, with the Lord's Prayer proscribed, until the tableturner Oct 2017 #36
Eastern Shore of Maryland - yes, in the late 50's and 1960. beveeheart Oct 2017 #78
Western PA - MyOwnPeace Oct 2017 #37
Western PA here too and the same. appleannie1943 Oct 2017 #135
Phila. 'Burbs RobinA Oct 2017 #38
I was in Chicago burbs and didnt see it. Further, we knew very well.. kysrsoze Oct 2017 #39
I also remember being taught church/state separation shanny Oct 2017 #42
Late 50's-late 60's north shore LI 85% Jewish neighborhood: no prayers. fierywoman Oct 2017 #40
Colorado, 60s-70s--never. shanny Oct 2017 #41
Me, too. Like that would do anything. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #47
I win the thread I guess :( Sgent Oct 2017 #43
Wow. Thanks. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #49
I went to public summer schools in the 60s when they had real summer school. kimbutgar Oct 2017 #44
Atlanta, Georgia and no praying. Solly Mack Oct 2017 #45
We didn't have prayer but our fourth grade teacher passed out these 3 x 5 cards on which we told jalan48 Oct 2017 #46
Gasp, no way. Lol. Wow. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #51
My parents didn't go to church but I went to three different ones until I stopped going in middle jalan48 Oct 2017 #53
I had the same thing dhol82 Oct 2017 #73
Easter was the only time I can remember enjoying church. I thought church was more social than jalan48 Oct 2017 #79
Russian Orthodox Easter is a trip! dhol82 Oct 2017 #84
It sounds like it was a good time to be in the church-a real sense of history too. jalan48 Oct 2017 #90
Good times dhol82 Oct 2017 #91
Yes, I agree. I still like spring though! jalan48 Oct 2017 #99
Iowa in 60' and 70's - no praying in city schools, can't speak for rural schools. SharonClark Oct 2017 #48
Not in Kansas. nancy1942 Oct 2017 #50
See, that is what my father in the earlier years, and my experience was. Separation. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #52
My experience exactly. RoBear Oct 2017 #107
You are right. nancy1942 Oct 2017 #140
well, i don't remember RoBear Oct 2017 #147
I did maxrandb Oct 2017 #54
NJ late '50's and early '60's mnhtnbb Oct 2017 #55
In public school in Arkansas in the 60s and 70s. TomSlick Oct 2017 #56
I started kindergarten in 1970 in St. Louis, we did not do any prayers. logosoco Oct 2017 #57
No way. I have not heard of such a thing. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #62
60s-70s for both myself and older sister benld74 Oct 2017 #58
I lived in Florida in the early 60s and we had teacher led prayer comradebillyboy Oct 2017 #59
Interesting that, hu? Lol. Florida, not Utah. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #63
Public school in suburbs of NYC circa 1957. Golden Raisin Oct 2017 #60
Did it in public schools until '63. Kingofalldems Oct 2017 #65
What area? Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #67
50s and 60s and no WhiteTara Oct 2017 #66
I grew up in Iowa. I was in elementary school in the 70's and we had prayer all american girl Oct 2017 #69
My father was in Iowa, in the 40's and 50's, no prayer. So, more isolated. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #72
No prayers in LA suburb in the 50's but we did celebrate Christmas & Easter. Shrike47 Oct 2017 #70
I finished high school in the late 60s in a small South Carolina town. raccoon Oct 2017 #71
Florida - 1956 ribrepin Oct 2017 #74
Cool to know, because Florida seems to be the state besides Mississippi and another Southern state. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #76
I went to first grade in Jacksonville FL ribrepin Oct 2017 #81
Dunkard Twp. Greene Co. Pa. yortsed snacilbuper Oct 2017 #75
And a couple Northeast states, lol. Adding to a post I just made. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #77
So Cal, Torrence Lebam in LA Oct 2017 #80
I lived in Bible Belt central Florida and Atlanta mid 60s into 70s MLAA Oct 2017 #82
i did, i went to a catholic school thru ninth grade....then i went to public school and it quit. spanone Oct 2017 #83
Never had prayers in school - upper Midwest, '50s and '60s. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #86
We did pledge every morning. Always prayers before bigger events such as graduation. blueinredohio Oct 2017 #87
From 1960-1964, 1968-1976 did not. LiberalFighter Oct 2017 #88
Raised in northern Mn. No school prayers. old guy Oct 2017 #89
In public elementary school in Florida from about 1958 through early 60s, Nay Oct 2017 #92
Mobile, Alabama in 1978. Mariana Oct 2017 #94
Seldom. NE Ohio Doremus Oct 2017 #95
Georgia 50s-60s no prayers recovering_democrat Oct 2017 #97
It was done in the 1950's, and then at least until 1961, as we read from the Bible when I was 12. It WinkyDink Oct 2017 #98
Yes, but I went to Catholic schools Retrograde Oct 2017 #100
We had prayer in 50s elementary school sometimes vlyons Oct 2017 #101
Milwaukee, 1970s-1980s. We did, however, sing very religious songs at the Christmas program Still In Wisconsin Oct 2017 #102
Rural south central PA hvn_nbr_2 Oct 2017 #103
60s and 70s mantis49 Oct 2017 #104
Mid- to late 80s - town in GA about 70 miles north of FL Iris Oct 2017 #105
80s-90s Buckle of the Bible Belt blur256 Oct 2017 #106
Arizona. Same time. Horse with no Name Oct 2017 #108
Montgomery, Alabama, in the early 60s LastLiberal in PalmSprings Oct 2017 #109
I started school in the 1950s left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #110
Connecticut (suburban NYC) in the 50s kskiska Oct 2017 #111
In 1953 my 3rd grade teacher frogmarch Oct 2017 #112
50's in Eastern PA. Greybnk48 Oct 2017 #113
East coast--daily prayer and/or bible readings in public elementary school. tblue37 Oct 2017 #114
Prayer: How to do nothing and still think you're helping. yortsed snacilbuper Oct 2017 #115
Wow, gotta remember that one. eppur_se_muova Oct 2017 #145
They had prayers in Texas schools long after the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional struggle4progress Oct 2017 #116
Oh yeah.. mountain grammy Oct 2017 #117
Grew up in the south. And nope. cwydro Oct 2017 #118
We did that in Indiana customerserviceguy Oct 2017 #121
I attended K through 3 in Connecticut in the early 60s musette_sf Oct 2017 #122
No prayer ever. Doreen Oct 2017 #123
I don't think we ever did in Spokane in the 50's and 60's. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2017 #124
This message was self-deleted by its author DLevine Oct 2017 #125
I did quaker bill Oct 2017 #127
oh hell no!!...and my grand dtrs were attending school in Tenn.... samnsara Oct 2017 #128
Only in first grade Freddie Oct 2017 #129
Stand for Moment of Silence Count? HockeyMom Oct 2017 #130
70s to mid / late 80's Public School JustAnotherGen Oct 2017 #131
In grade school and middle school in the fifties, we started the morning with a Bible quote, appleannie1943 Oct 2017 #132
Nashville, Tn scarletlib Oct 2017 #133
WV 1950s cyclonefence Oct 2017 #134
Up to Ohio in 1963 Mendocino Oct 2017 #136
A small town in NE OK 1965-1978 Runningdawg Oct 2017 #137
I was in public schools in Illinois CanonRay Oct 2017 #138
1976, Columbus Ohio teenagebambam Oct 2017 #139
I was in elementary school in Upstate NY in the '60s and I remember exactly when it stopped Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #141
First grade. 1962. Lawrence MA. maveric Oct 2017 #142
Well, being in Catholic schools from kindergarten (1959) to 1968............. raven mad Oct 2017 #143
Never in public school BainsBane Oct 2017 #144
None Meowmee Oct 2017 #146
Catholic school? Yes. Normal school? No. (n/t) Iggo Oct 2017 #148
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