Reply #7: I was 14 when it was changed.

[Chipper Chat]

The pledge was recited, standing by our desks, in school every morning. The principal came on the PA & announced the change. The homeroom teacher wrote the words on the chalkboard so we wouldnt fumble. We just did as we were told (silly, obedient us!). But I remember the two Indians (Piankishaw? maybe) in our room who still wore some indian garments, and I wondered what they thought of the words when they worshiped the great spirit or soumething like that. Otherwise, after saying the pledge at football games and at scout meetings, it soon became routine, although I've always thought the flow of the pledge was interrupted by the addition of "uhndrr gawd."