2006-08-25 03:02:26 · 7 answers · asked by LeBlanc 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I led the pigeons to the flag of the united stated of aluminum and to the public for Richard Stans, onions,udder god, iddubibbubble, with library and just us fall.
Or that's how I used to say it to make all the other kids crack up when I had a pretty much deaf nun for 7th grade.
Francis Bellamy a Baptist minister, wrote the original Pledge in August 1892. He was a Christian Socialist. In his Pledge, he is expressing the ideas of his first cousin, Edward Bellamy, author of the American socialist Utopian novels, Looking Backward (1888) and Equality (1897).
The Pledge was published in the September 8th issue of The Youth's Companion, the leading family magazine and the Reader's Digest of it's day.
His original Pledge read as follows: 'I pledge allegiance to my Flag and (to*) the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.' He considered placing the word, 'equality,' in his Pledge, but knew that the state superintendents of education on his committee were against equality for women and African Americans. [ * 'to' added in October, 1892. ]
In 1954, Congress after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus, added the words, 'under God,' to the Pledge. The Pledge was now both a patriotic oath and a public prayer.
Bellamy's granddaughter said he also would have resented this second change. He had been pressured into leaving his church in 1891 because of his socialist sermons. In his retirement in Florida, he stopped attending church because he disliked the racial bigotry he found there.
The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic organization which is sort of like the Raccoons in the old Honeymooners TV show. They have great hats.
2006-08-25 03:17:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Pledge of Alligeance is 114 years [1892] on September 7th.
Under God was included February 7th, 1954
2006-08-25 03:13:25 · answer #2 · answered by diiiiilooooch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pledge of Allegiance first appeared in the September 8, 1892 issue of "The Youth's Companion" and said "my flag". In 1924, that was changed to "the flag of the United States of America". In 1942, it was recognized by the USA government. In 1954, Eisenhower urged Congress to add "under God" to it, supposedly to distinuish us from "Godless communism". Any convenient excuse will do for zealots. It is contrary to the First Amendment. George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson would have disapproved of Eisenhower's high-handedness.
2006-08-25 05:40:46 · answer #3 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The pledge first came about in 1892.
The words "Under God" were included in 1954 to combat communist paranoia.
2006-08-25 03:09:01 · answer #4 · answered by leedogg1981 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's been around for 50 years or so; it was made in the 50s to distinguish the U.S.A. from the godless Commies in Russia during the Cold War.
2006-08-25 04:11:30 · answer #5 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was added in the 1950's, after a drive by the knights of columbus, a christian organization.
2006-08-25 03:07:27 · answer #6 · answered by intoxicatedturtle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please pass on the word for the wikipedia site. there are SO many questions on this site that could be answered with a little "work"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_allegiance
2006-08-25 03:14:05 · answer #7 · answered by MadMaxx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋