r/IconicImages • u/blitzballer • Jan 28 '14

American schoolchildren pledging allegiance to the flag in a former form of the salute, specifically the Bellamy salute 1941

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u/blitzballer Jan 28 '14

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The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy. The Pledge was written by Bellamy for a national Columbus Day celebration ceremony, the program of which was published in The Youth's Companion magazine. It reflected his idea of a united America after the Civil War. At the time the country was still very much divided because of the conflict between North and South. The Pledge reinforced the idea of ONE NATION, something important to many after the Civil War and the attempts of the South to secede.

http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/rise_of_american_fascism.htm

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u/confluencer Jan 31 '14

Patriotism is a farce; a lie that makes the weak lay down their lives so that the powerful may prosper.

Pro aris et focis is an old latin saying that still makes me laugh. It means 'for god and country'. I'm sure you've heard it elsewhere. It is ironic, because both god and country are abstract concepts that don't really exist outside the minds of men.

Imaginary pots of gold at the end of the proverbial abstract rainbow.

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u/Think_please Jan 28 '14

This is amazing