Odd, and a little sad.
Who Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
We know the pledge. Its author, maybe not.
For well over a century, the Pledge of Allegiance has been a pillar of America’s national identity. New evidence has emerged, though, to indicate that perhaps the man who pledged that he originated it did not.
The discovery may also vindicate a long-standing but disputed claim that the oath actually originated in 1890 when a 13-year-old Kansas schoolboy — remarkably named Frank E. Bellamy — said he submitted it to a contest that was organized by Francis Bellamy’s own magazine to promote American values such as patriotism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/02/u...s-bellamy.html
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