CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: A member of the U.S. Marine Corps Band has put the Pledge of Allegiance to music and added some verses for his own salute to America.</s>LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Pete Wilson got together with Country Freedom, a group that he plays with, to perform the patriotic song for us. Let's listen in.</s>PETE WILSON, U.S. MARINE CORP: I thought it would be nice to put -- to set the pledge to music and write a few verses that describe how, you know, we have images of it as children, but as adults we tend to not say the pledge any more. (singing): I remember standing in the classroom as the school day was just about to start. We turned as one to praise our country's flag. I placed my hand proudly on my heart. We spoke together with innocence, not knowing of our history. But in time we learned from our veterans that freedom is not free. 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 all.
Spirit of America: An American Pledge