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SCOUT· 34%29m·2023-06-30·HistoryThe Making of the Pledge of Allegiance
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
The Pledge of Allegiance feels like an American tradition that traces itself back to the Founding Fathers, but, in fact, the original version is only written in 1892. (And the version you may be familiar with from elementary school is less than 70 years old.) This is the story of the invention of the Pledge, a set of…
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