Rhode Island § 16-20-4 § 16-20-4. Grand Army Flag Day — Uniform salute to the flag.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 16-20-4 — § 16-20-4. Grand Army Flag Day — Uniform salute to the flag.

Rhode Island § 16-20-4

Title 16Education

Ch. 16-20Holidays and Days of Special Observance

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-20-4 (2026).

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§ 16-20-4. Grand Army Flag Day — Uniform salute to the flag.
It shall be the duty of the teachers of the public schools to prepare a program of
            patriotic exercises for the proper observance of Grand Army Flag Day. The department
            of elementary and secondary education shall prepare for the use of the schools a printed
            program providing for a uniform salute to the flag, to be used daily during the session
            of the school. The salute to the flag shall be as follows: "I pledge allegiance to
            the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands,
            one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for allâ€�.
         

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§ 16-20-4. Grand Army Flag Day — Uniform salute to the flag.

It shall be the duty of the teachers of the public schools to prepare a program of patriotic exercises for the proper observance of Grand Army Flag Day. The department of elementary and secondary education shall prepare for the use of the schools a printed program providing for a uniform salute to the flag, to be used daily during the session of the school. The salute to the flag shall be as follows: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for allâ€�.

Legislative History

P.L. 1901, ch. 818 § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 64, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 66, § 12; P.L. 1932, ch. 1927, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 20, § 1; P.L. 1939, ch. 689, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 16-20-4.