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A man named Francis Bellamy actually wrote the Pledge in 1892, as an expression of sworn loyalty to the U.S. But some considered Bellamy a socialist, so over the next 50 years, people tried changing and adding parts to the Pledge. By 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was recently baptized a Presbyterian, felt a certain change was needed. With the Cold War gaining strength, and the pressure of politics, this became a fight against communism, and "under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance.

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