The original Pledge was written by a socialist (Francis Bellamy) and was a lot shorter.

A part of me wanted to skip the Pledge of Allegiance when I was a teenager. I thought it should be something you do only when you feel truly grateful an…
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The original Pledge was written by a socialist (Francis Bellamy) and was a lot shorter. "Under God" was added in 1954 during the Cold War paranoia.
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