Students in a crowded school assembly taking part in a historical flag-pledge ceremony.

A period assembly photograph from the supplied LIFE excerpts. Its school is not identified on this page. The pledge gesture is shown in its historical context. Source: LIFE, April 13, 1942; photographic attribution in the supplied compilation: Alfred Eisenstaedt.
From the collection supplied by the Daniel Webster Alumni Foundation.

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