FRANK E. BELLAMY MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Walls
Year Dedicated: 1996
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER JR.
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
TO STIMULATE THE PATRIOTISM OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR PRESIDENT MCKINLEY SUGGESTED A NEW PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. A CONTEST WAS HELD AND WHEN IT WAS OVER THE HONOR OF WRITING THE “PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE” FOR THE AMERICAN FLAG HAD FALLEN TO FRANK E. BELLAMY, AND HAD BEEN ADOPTED AS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA.
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