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Bellamy was a Christian socialist, [1] who "championed 'the rights of working people and the equal distribution of economic resources, which he believed was inherent in the teachings of Jesus.'" [6] In 1891, Bellamy was "forced from his Boston pulpit for preaching against the evils of capitalism", [3] and eventually stopped attending church altogether after moving to Florida, reportedly ...
Captain George T. Balch wrote an early pledge of allegiance. Reverend Francis Bellamy wrote the version that became official. An early pledge was created in 1887 by Captain George T. Balch, [21] a veteran of the Civil War, who later became auditor of the New York Board of Education. [22]
The inventor of the Bellamy salute was James B. Upham, junior partner and editor of The Youth's Companion. [1] Bellamy recalled that Upham, upon reading the pledge, came into the posture of the salute, snapped his heels together, and said, "Now up there is the flag; I come to salute; as I say 'I pledge allegiance to my flag', I stretch out my right hand and keep it raised while I say the ...
On September 8, 1892, the magazine published the first copy of the Pledge of Allegiance, written by staff member Francis Bellamy. From 1893–1907, Johnson Morton (Harvard 1886) served as an editor. In later years the magazine published articles from Willa Cather and Winston Churchill .
The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States is an oath of loyalty to the national flag and the republic of the United States of America, originally composed by Francis Bellamy in 1892. Pages in category "Pledge of Allegiance"
Pledge Across America is the nationally synchronized recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. In 2001 shortly after September 11 the President of the United States and the United States Secretary of Education and both the United States Senate and House of Representatives joined over 52 million students in the synchronized Pledge of ...
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Francis Bellamy, American Baptist minister. He was the original author of the Pledge of Allegiance. [13] [170] Tony Benn, British politician. He was a parliamentarian and campaigner for Britain's Labour Party. [171] William Dwight Porter Bliss, American Episcopal Church priest. He was also a writer, editor, and socialist activist. [172]