The Bahamas Pledge Of Allegiance: Salute To The 47th Year Of Independence Anniversary

I PLEDGE MY ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE PEOPLE UNITED IN LOVE AND SERVICE.

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of The Bahamas owes its inception to Philip Arthur Rahming. At the time of composition, in February 1970, he was a student at Southern Baptist Theologist Seminary, Louisvill, Kentucky. This pledge came out of the thought, tone and beat of his entry, "God Bless Our Sunny Clime" - which was judged first runner-up to the National Anthem, "March On Bahamaland".