Took this photo from a friends old 1939 Worlds Fair program. The words under God werent there yet. That was added in the early 50s as a tool in the US Cold War against the threat of godless Communists. Interestingly the pledge was saluted with the same one used by Hitlers Nazi party until that was deemed unseemly during WW2. It was also written by a socialist according to the article cited here. History can make for some great trivia. ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:15:27 +0000
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