On the morning of October 21, 1892, children at schools across the ... written by a man that few people today can name. “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands ...

It was the spring of 1954, and Congress had voted, after some controversy, to insert the phrase into the Pledge of Allegiance ... what the man who composed the original pledge 111 years ago ...

The first iteration of the Pledge of Allegiance was written by a socialist minister, Francis Bellamy, in 1892. Congress adopted ... according to Eller. The original pledge began with a military ...

According to the Government Publishing Office (GPO), the initial version of the Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy. This version commemorated the 400th anniversary of ...