Did you know that the Pledge of Allegiance was inspired by socialism?

The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a self proclaimed Christian Socialist. He had been a Baptist minister but was forced to leave the ministry because he preached too much socialism in his sermons. His cousin Edward Bellamy was famous for writing the novel Looking Backward, which describes a utopian society in the year 2000 where everything is owned by the government and everyone works for the government, ala the Soviet Union.

Francis Bellamy worked with the National Education Association to incorporate the pledge in the public school system. When students recited the pledge, they raised their arms outward toward the flag. This practice was stopped after the Nazis became famous for the salute.

Also, the original pledge did not include the words "Under God". Those words were added in 1954 when the U.S. was in opposition against atheistic communism during the Cold War.

The original documents that created the United States of America state that the government is created by the people and for the people, not the reverse.



School children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.