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Francis Bellamy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Francis Bellamy (1855- 1931), a devout Baptist minister, a graduate of the University of Rochester, and a socialist, composed the original Pledge of Allegiance for the Boston-based Youth's Companion in 1892. Bellamy used his position as the chairman of the state superintendents of education committee of the National Education Association to promote its use. His cousin Edward Bellamy is better known as the author of the socialist utopian novels, Looking Backward (1888) and Equality (1897). en.wikipedia.org /?title=Francis_Bellamy   (621 words)

pledgetragedy In 1892, Francis Bellamy wrote the pledge of allegiance and created its original straight-arm salute. Francis Bellamy lived in the U.S. during the first 14 years of mass atrocities and socialist disasters in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Bellamy may have barely missed that time when the photos changed from “prized local momentoes” to embarrassing oddities that are suppressed by the media and by government schools today and by all people who discuss the pledge of allegiance and related court litigation. members.ij.net /rex/pledgetragedy.html   (486 words)

Bellamy salute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Bellamy salute is the hand gesture described by Francis Bellamy to accompany his Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States. Barnette which unfavorably compared compulsory recitation of the pledge to Nazi and Communist totalitarianism, the Bellamy salute was replaced in 1942 with the modern gesture of placing the hand over the heart without raising the arm. Students reciting the pledge using the Bellamy salute. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bellamy_salute   (245 words)

Flag Day and Pledge of Allegiance Francis Bellamy wanted to place the words "equality to all," but he didn't for he knew that the State Superintendents of Education would be against it as they did not believe in equality for women and African-Americans. That was the original pledge written by Francis Bellamy on the August of 1892. Edward Bellamy had been trying to come up with a proper salute for America for years, but, unfortunately, he was never content with his work. www.kyrene.k12.az.us /schools/brisas/sunda/flag/flag_day/page4.htm   (322 words)

Illuminati News: History of the Nazi Salute (Print) Francis Bellamy admired ancient Rome and its militarism, and he grew up in the city of Rome in New York, where he and his neighbors were known as "Romans," and he was educated in the Rome Academy there. Francis Bellamy was also a leader in the National Education Association (NEA) and used it to promote his dogma. New evidence shows that the Roman salute and its name originated from Rome, NY via Francis Bellamy, author of the USA's pledge of allegiance, who grew up in Rome and is buried there. www.illuminati-news.com /nazi-salute-history=print.htm   (977 words)

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & NAZISM IN THE USA Francis Bellamy was a national socialist in the U.S. and created the pledge of allegiance to the flag using a straight-armed salute, the so-called "Roman" salute, in 1892. Francis Bellamy and his cousin and cohort, the author Edward Bellamy, were self-proclaimed national socialists in the U.S. who promoted "military socialism" and the straight-armed salute, and they did it 3 decades before the Nazis. The USA’s pledge was created by Francis Bellamy, a self-proclaimed national socialist in the USA and an advocate of “military socialism.&; At that time government schools in the U.S. imposed segregation by law and taught racism as official government policy. members.ij.net /rex/pledgesalute.html   (4318 words)

Francis R. Bellamy Francis Bellamy spent most of the last years of his life living and working in Tampa, FL. Francis Bellamy was born in Mount Morris, N.Y. on May 18, 1855. Bellamy, therefore, struggled to write a new one for the occasion and came up with a Pledge that has changed only slightly since that time. www.villageofmountmorris.com /bellamy.htm   (586 words)

rances Bellamy; Freemason, socialist, Baptist preacher wrote Pledge of Allegiance Francis Bellamy wrote that he later learned that the pledge was adopted by the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, the Daughters of the Revolution and the Elks. Francis Bellamy protested even the addition of "the United States of America" on Flag Day in 1924, believing the pledge as he wrote it did not need changing. Scott Bellamy, 49, who owns a sandwich shop in a Memphis suburb, says his great-grandfather, Francis Bellamy, a socialist editor and Baptist minister, had clear reasons behind every word of the original pledge he wrote in 1892. www.sullivan-county.com /id3/bellamy.htm   (2269 words)

710KIRO - Dave Ross Section Francis Bellamy even considered writing the pledge to read: "one nation with liberty, EQUALITY, and justice for all..." but decided that might be going too far in a country that still didn't let blacks and women vote. Francis Bellamy, was a Christian and a Baptist Minister, but he was ALSO, according to John Baer, author of "The Pledge of Allegiance: A Centennial History", a SOCIALIST. He was a cousin of Edward Bellamy, author of the futuristic novel "Looking Backward" which envisioned a Utopian world in which all were equal. www.kiro710.com /daveross_commentary_view.jsp?commentary=10605   (329 words)

The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town In 1891, Francis Bellamy left a Boston pulpit to work with an admirer of his, the publisher of The Youth's Companion, a mass-circulation family magazine devoted to instilling virtue in young people. Bellamy himself was a Baptist minister, and a holder of one of the most famous names in America: his first cousin was Edward Bellamy, whose utopian novel of 1888, "Looking Backward," was one of the three biggest best-sellers of the second half of the nineteenth century. In his own speech at the ceremony where the Pledge was introduced, Bellamy praised the public schools as "the masterforce which, under God, has been informing each of our generations with the peculiar truths of Americanism." As an editor and rhetorician, though, Bellamy would notice that the phrase has been inserted in the wrong place. www.newyorker.com /talk/content?020715ta_talk_hertzberg   (1004 words)

The New American - One Nation Under the State? - July 29, 2002 When introduced by Francis Bellamy in 1891, the Pledge’s text read as follows: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and [to] the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." That no specific flag was mentioned in the text was not an oversight. In 1892, Francis Bellamy was appointed by William Torrey Harris, president of the National Association of School Superintendents, to direct a National Celebration of the Public Schools for Columbus Day on behalf of the National Education Association (NEA). However, in keeping with the Fabian practice of stealth and deceit, Francis Bellamy chose a more subtle approach for evangelizing on behalf of the Total State. www.thenewamerican.com /tna/2002/07-29-2002/vo18no15_state.htm   (2231 words)

The American Enterprise: The Bellamy Boys Pledge Allegiance Francis Bellamy, born in Mount Morris, New York to an itinerant Baptist preacher, was in the process of losing his faith. Francis Bellamy, proudly asserting his sole authorship, was the individualist heretic. Bellamy called it a "Pledge of Allegiance," probably choosing the word "pledge" because it was redolent of the temperance movement. www.taemag.com /issues/articleid.17380/article_detail.asp   (698 words)

Pledging Allegiance to the Omnipotent Lincolnian State by Thomas J. DiLorenzo In addition to his work at the magazine, Francis Bellamy was the vice president in charge of education for the "Society of Christian Socialists," a national organization that advocated income taxation, central banking, nationalized education, nationalization of industry, and other features of socialism. Francis Bellamy said that one purpose of the Pledge of Allegiance was to help accomplish his lifelong goal of making his cousin’s socialist fantasy a reality in America. Bellamy intended the Pledge of Allegiance to be a vow of allegiance to the state, a quintessentially un-American idea. www.lewrockwell.com /dilorenzo/dilorenzo54.html   (1264 words)

Presence of Mind - The Pledge's Creator Francis Bellamy was a Baptist minister's son from upstate New York. Bellamy successfully lobbied Congress for a resolution endorsing the school ceremony, and he helped convince President Benjamin Harrison to issue a proclamation declaring a Columbus Day holiday. Bellamy, who went on to become an advertising executive, wrote extensively about the pledge in later years. smithsonianmag.com /smithsonian/issues03/nov03/presence.html   (1349 words)

Chapter Four: The Life and Ideas of Francis Bellamy Bellamy perhaps thought that "pledge" was a better word than "oath" or "vow" because of his associations with the "temperance pledge" of his prohibition campaigns. Bellamy was not getting interesting assignments and many of the other editors were jealous of him because Bellamy had been brought into the company at a higher position than most of them. Bellamy's "Americanism" included the spirit of "fraternity" and "equality." "Fraternity" was the recognition that society was not a loose collection of atom-like economic individuals but an extended family. history.vineyard.net /pdgech4.htm   (6818 words)

Pledge written by Socialist? Francis Bellamy in his sermons and lectures and Edward Bellamy in his novels and articles described in detail how the middle class could create a planned economy with political, social and economic equality for all. In 1892 Francis Bellamy was also a chairman of a committee of state superintendents of education in the National Education Association. Francis Bellamy (1855- 1931), a Baptist minister, wrote the original Pledge in August 1892. www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/707735/posts   (2158 words)

The Austin Chronicle Politics: The Gods of War Poor Francis Bellamy -- his idealistic gesture of internationalism, humanism, and free republicanism was inexorably corrupted into its opposite, as grimly confirmed in 1987 by that noted theologian, George Bush the First: "I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. As reported by Lee Nichols last week in "Naked City," the original pledge was written in 1892 by a New England Baptist minister, Francis Bellamy. Indeed, Bellamy would have added "equality" to "liberty and justice" -- but, in the words of historian John Baer, he "knew that the state superintendents of education on his committee were against equality for women and African Americans." The more things change... www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2002-07-12/pols_capitol.html   (845 words)

To Pledge or Not to Pledge Francis Bellamy was a vice-president of the Christian Society of Socialists, an auxiliary of his cousin's "Nationalism" movement. Being prestigious and very influential members of the NEA, Upham and Bellamy used this upcoming celebration to advance their concepts of American patriotism based upon NEA beliefs, which were the promotion of state-run secular public schools, as opposed to church-operated religious schools. In 1891, Bellamy was forced to resign from his Boston Pastorate because the conservative businessmen of the "Committee on Christian Work of the Baptist Social Union" withheld additional funds for his work. www.truthinhistory.org /pledge.htm   (1448 words)

New Encyclopedia of Social Reform - Introduction Francis Bellamy founded the first Nationalist Club in Boston, and Bliss was a founder member. Edward Bellamy had been greatly shocked not only by the poverty of much of American society but also by the brutal means which authority used to put down what he regarded as legitimate protest. The bloody Haymarket Riots in Chicago in 1886 and the trial and execution of the anarchists said to have been involved in the affair led Bellamy to write one of American socialism’s most famous works, the novel Looking Backwards, published in 1888. www.thoemmes.com /politics/bliss_intro.htm   (2252 words)

Pledge of Allegiance Tied to Socialist Roots -- 06/14/2001 Francis Bellamy considered adding the word "equality" to "liberty and justice for all" in the pledge but figured it was too radical for a country that hadn't given full rights to blacks and women, Baer said. According to Baer, Christian Socialist Francis Bellamy penned the original pledge in 1892 to give school children something to recite while saluting the flag on the 400th anniversary of Columbus' arrival. "Francis Bellamy was interested in patriotic education, not patriotic indoctrination," Baer said. www.cnsnews.com /Nation/Archive/200106/NAT20010614a.html   (435 words)

Historical Characters Francis Bellamy (1855-1931), an ordained minister and magazine writer, wrote the Pledge of Allegiance to commerate the 400th Anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Bellamy's job at the journal was to promote patriotism and the flying of the United States Flag at schools nationwide. Bellamy visited President Benjamin Harrison in Washington to ask him to endorse the idea of a flag over every school house and the teaching of patriotism in every classroom. www.flagday.org /Pages/HistoricalPeople.html   (2643 words)

History of the Pledge of Allegiance Shelley Lapkoff Ph.D, Professional Speaker, Demographer, Teacher and Expert Witness, under God Francis Bellamy, the author of the pledge, was a strong, colorful, and charismatic man, and a Baptist minister but he was also a Christian socialist, heavily influenced by the social and historical forces around him. Upham, and Francis Bellamy lead the first adult recitation of the Pledge at the National Liberty Pole and Flag Raising Ceremony at Navesink, NJ Leaves YC and begins career as magazine editor and advertising copywriter Flag Patriotism and Changes in the Pledge, James Upham (first promoter of the Pledge), and Francis Bellamy (author of the Pledge). www.historyofthepledge.com /history.html   (1684 words)

The Forgotten History of the Pledge of Allegiance Francis Bellamy, the author of the original Pledge was a Baptist minister. The earliest version of the Pledge of Allegiance was written in August, 1892, by Francis Bellamy, a newspaperman, who wrote for Youth's Companion magazine. Bellamy believed that universal public education was the great equalizer and remedy for national unity. www.americanvision.org /articlearchive/12-17-04.asp?vPrint=1   (644 words)

OfficialWire: What Wikipedia Doesn't Want You To Know... Francis Bellamy (author of the "Pledge of Allegiance") and Edward Bellamy (author of the novel "Looking Backward") and Charles Bellamy (author of "A Moment of Madness") were socialists. Those points also help explain why Francis Bellamy enjoyed starting the pledge with a military salute. Edward and Charles were brothers, and Francis was their cousin. news.baou.com /main.php?action=recent&rid=20669   (1179 words)

Archived Weblog Entry - 07/31/2004: "Is the Pledge an artifact of a Nazi era?" Newdow fails to mention that the author of the Pledge, Francis Bellamy, was a self-proclaimed National Socialist in the U.S. and belonged to a group known for "Nationalism," published the "Nationalist" magazine and created "Nationalist Clubs" worldwide, whose members wanted the federal government to nationalize most of the American economy. My recollection is that Bellamy was a Christian socialist who believed in the idea of "socialism in one country," as opposed to the international, "workers of the world, unite" type socialism that was the rage back then. Bellamy saw socialist schools (government schools) as a means to that end. www.enterstageright.com /blog/gmarchives/00003604.htm   (411 words)

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - What's its real purpose? Francis Bellamy was also a chairman of a committee of state superintendents of education in the National Education Association. Bellamy's intent in the Pledge was to point out the salient points of our national history from the Declaration of Independence, the makings of the Constitution, the meaning of the Civil War, with the hopes of the people. Bellamy was a Christian Socialist who expressed the ideas of his cousin, Edward Bellamy (author of "Looking Backward" and "Equality"). www.vibrani.com /pledge.htm   (1185 words)

Francis Bellamy and the Socialist Origins of the Pledge Francis Bellamy and the Socialist Origins of the Pledge Bellamy, the misguided socialist, would be pleased that not only the pledge but other forms of one-sided indoctrination (such as diversity training) are so prevalent in the public schools. The Bellamys didn't represent the path America should have taken, though theirs was to a large degree the path the country took. www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/707774/posts   (3018 words)

Pledge of Allegiance attributed to socialist editor, clergyman Francis Bellamy The Pledge of Allegiance, attributed to socialist editor and clergyman Francis Bellamy, was first published in 1892 in The Youth's Companion, a children's magazine where he worked. Bellamy crafted it as a resonating oration to bolster the idea that the middle class could fashion a planned political and social economy, equitable for all, Baer said. The pledge was meant to echo the sentiments and ideals of Bellamy's cousin, Edward Bellamy, an author of "Looking Backward" and other socialist utopian novels, according to pledge expert John Baer. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/06/26/national1939EDT0890.DTL   (506 words)

People's Weekly World - The Pledge of Allegiance’s socialist history Ousted from his Boston Baptist pulpit because of his socialist sermons in 1891, Francis Bellamy, who had friends and allies in middle-class professional circles, continued his work as a writer and educator. Bellamy, who also served as the chair of a committee of state school superintendents of the National Education Association, preparing for the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ expedition, turned the pledge into a school ceremony and flag salute for the celebrations. Bellamy had passed away when Congress further adulterated his pledge with the phrase “under God” 30 years later, as rightwing forces were once more in the ascendancy in the United States. www.pww.org /article/view/1797/1/106   (713 words)

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