With liberty and justice for all: Local preschooler leads Pledge of Allegiance at Iowa Statehouse

JR and Michelle Kennedy couldn’t believe how quickly their four-year-old daughter Reese had memorized the Pledge of Allegiance at preschool, so the Wellsburg couple did what any good 21st century parents would do: they took a video and uploaded it to Facebook.
 
It caught the attention of none other than Annette Sweeney, a longtime Kennedy family friend and current state Senator representing Iowa’s 25th district. She invited Reese to come to the Statehouse and lead the legislature in the pledge on Monday, February 11.
           
“I thought it was so incredible for a four year old child to be doing that,” Sweeney said. “I wanted to have [Reese] do it because she’s just this little kid, and I think it’s a great testimonial to have a young child do something like that.”
           
Reese overcame what her dad called “the spiders in her tummy” and recited a flawless Pledge of Allegiance as both her family members (Michelle, JR and grandfather Pat Kennedy) and the state’s lawmakers stood at attention. 
 
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