The Guy Who Wrote The Pledge of Allegiance Was a Socialist
What mischievous joy it gave me to type the words in that title — and even better, they’re true. Francis Bellamy (1855-1931) was the cousin of Edward Bellamy, writer of that utopian tome (and the movement it spawned) Looking Backward. Like so many who advocated equitable change in this country, Francis was from New York’s […]