To: gcruse
The original Pledge of Allegiance seemed to suffice for almost two hundred years...There was no "original" Pledge of Allegiance. Francis Bellamy a Baptist minister, wrote the original Pledge in August 1892. Congress (our elected representatives) added "under God" to the Pledge in 1954.
To: browardchad
Quite so, thanks. Call it the traditional pledge, then. And it was fine for half a century until the Knights of Columbus got this idea...
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06/26/2002 8:32:49 PM PDT by
gcruse
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