Explain - Benjamin Harrison PDF

Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?

• Benjamin Harrison

• Francis Bellamy

Why was the Pledge of Allegiance written?

• 400th Anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus.

• Celebration for the Fourth of July

• For Benjamin Harrison's presidential election

Use context clues to find the meaning of the word "Endorse" in the following sentence

"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 all the schools"

What day did President Harrison sign the Pledge of Allegiance proclamation?

June __, 1892

Which president added the words, "Under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954?

• Eisenhower

• Truman

• Nixon