I used to think that the name of our American flag was "Salute" and I went around pointing at the flag and saying "Salute, the flag!"
Years later I also thought that there was a General named "General Welfare" and that he was really important because written right into the preamble of our constitution is "...promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty...."
A childhood belief about the pledge
others believed things like this
- I thought a major general is more powerful than just a general (which still kind of makes sense to me)— Demond
- I thought there were only four ranks in the army: private, corporal, Seargeant, and General— Alberto Richardson
- I used to believe that a football ref's flag was a banana peel.Anon
- I used to believe New Zealand and Australia were part of the UK because they have a UK flag on their flags — H
- I thought the Statue of Liberty was god.— Amy R. CA.U.S.
- I thought that God looked like the Statue of Liberty.— R*