> it is a thing and signals the start of a trend Saying the pledge of allegiance in school has been around since I was a kid in the 80s though, and I'm fairly

> it is a thing and signals the start of a trend Saying the pledge of allegiance in school has been around since I was a kid in the 80s though, and I'm fairly certain it's been this way since basically forever. So IMO it doesn't seem like it's the "start" of anything.