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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (258292)7/3/2010 1:11:44 AM
From: bentwayRead Replies (2) of 306849
 
Did you know the pledge of allegiance was written by a socialist?

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"The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy (1855-1931), a Baptist minister, a Christian socialist, and the cousin of socialist utopian novelist Edward Bellamy (1850-1898). The original "Pledge of Allegiance" was published in the September 8 issue of the popular children's magazine The Youth's Companion as part of the National Public-School Celebration of Columbus Day, a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's discovery of America. The event was conceived and promoted by James B. Upham, a marketer for the magazine, in a campaign to encourage patriotism and the display of the American flag in public schools.[2][3]
Bellamy's original Pledge read as follows:[4]
I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
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