Occasion to recite the Pledge of Allegiance (8)

I believe the answer is:

assembly

(Other definitions for assembly that I've seen before include "Legislative body" , "A gathering for formal meeting" , "Group gathered together for a common purpose" , "This line is a sequence of machines and workers" , "Body of people that meets" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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