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Chicago Daily Tribune, Nov. 12, 1893, pg. 29.

"The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the best-known version of the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag as the official pledge." From the New York Times, November 27, 1945.

"The House passed and sent to the Senate today a measure to make 'official' the pledge of allegiance to the flag which schoolchildren throughout the nation know by heart." From a New York Time article June 5, 1945.

Harold Roberts, a fellow Youth Companion staff member, passed away on August 28, 1952. Significantly, he testified to Bellamy's authorship of the Pledge. From a New York Times article August 29, 1953.

In 1954, the House Judiciary Committee took up the issue of changing the wording of the pledge to introduce the phrase "one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." From a New York Times article May 26, 1954.

The governor of New York vetoed a measure requiring school children to salute the flag every day at school. He feared that required recital "presented the danger that the pledge of allegiance and the salute would become 'habitual' and 'lose the…

"A Library of Congress report said today that evidence about the disputed authorship of the pledge of allegiance to the flag is overwhelminly in favor of the late Francis Bellamy." From a New York Times article dated September 13, 1957.

Rep. James Fulston of Pennsylvania introduced a resolution to a "civil rights clause" to the Pledge of Allegiance, which would read as follows: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands,…

A New York Times article from March 9, 1937, describes students engaged in a Nazi-style salute of the flag. "Row Raised Over New Pledge to Flag With Extended Arm—Principals Assail Idea "A new type of flag salute, recommended by the State…

New York Times obituary of Francis M. Bellamy, author of the original Pledge of Allegiance, dated August 30, 1931

A New York Times article describing the activities surrounding the inaugural ceremonies and opening of the Chicago Columbian World's Fair. Headline: "Celebration Begun at Chicago Under Auspicious Conditions. Distinguished visitors attended the…

The 1954 amendment to the Pledge of Allegiance, as signed into law by President Eisenhower in Joint Resolution 243, brings the full addition of "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance and heralds the era of issues between religion and state.

Congress absorbs the costs of printing 24,500 copies of the song "Pledge of Allegiance," 22,000 copies of which are set aside for use by the House of Representatives.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the musical composition "Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag", covered by copyright EU399400, granted to Irving Caesar on June 3, 1955.... is…

President Reagan's proclamation of this date as Loyalty Day takes inspiration from the Pledge of Allegiance.

He declares that the week between September 17, 1989, and September 23, 1989, will constitute Citizenship Day and Constitution Week.

George Bush Sr. declares May 1, 1991, as Loyalty Day, calling upon "all Americans to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies in their homes, in schools, and in other suitable places." The proclamation quotes from the Pledge of Allegiance.

The song "Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag" by Irving Caesar will be printed, according to this Congressional record.

Jane Addams, taken c. 1895

The Chicago Daily Tribune, summarizes Addams' talk to the Chicago Bureau of Charities on the morality of charity.

1852-present
E. H. Sargent was established in 1852; a bottle embossed with the company’s name was found at the Charnley-Persky House in 2010. In 1875, Sargent began marketing through a catalog, the first recorded mail order solicitation for…

Jane Addams at Rockford College, 1880

Toynbee Hall, c. 1902.

Samuel Barnett with graduates of Oxford & Cambridge at Toynbee Hall c.1903-5