Firefighter Leads The Pledge Of Allegiance, Spoken And In Sign Language
Erin Schaff / Pool via Reuters Originally published on January 20, 2021 12:09 pm Updated at 1:05 p.m. ET Andrea Hall, a career firefighter and union leader from Fulton County, Ga., led the Pledge of Allegiance during the inauguration of President-elect Biden. Hall recited the familiar words of the pledge out loud and in American Sign Language. According to The 19th, a nonprofit news organization, Hall was the first Black woman hired and assigned to a station at the City of Albany Fire Department, and then the first Black woman to serve as fire captain at Fulton County Fire Rescue. She...