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The Pledge of Allegiance was written as a PR stunt to sell magazines. "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America…" How many times did you stand and recite those words when you were growing up? While the Pledge of Allegiance might feel like something that's been around forever, it was actually written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy as part of a contest designed to promote sales of the weekly children's magazine Youth's Companion.
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