The first iteration of the Pledge of Allegiance was written by a socialist minister, Francis Bellamy, in 1892. Congress adopted the pledge in 1942 during World War II and amended it in 1954 to ...

In 1892, Francis Bellamy, a minister from upstate New York, reportedly wrote the pledge as an expression of fealty to the U.S. It read: "I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which ...

Many of us recited the Pledge of Allegiance, the source of “one nation under God” in grade school. The Pledge, reputedly written in 1892 by American Baptist minister Francis Bellamy, ...

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 ...

In 1892, a Baptist minister, Francis Bellamy wrote what was to become our Pledge Of Allegiance. When saying the words, Bellamy requested that a salute be added — the right arm extended as in ...