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26-MAY-2009 Laura Milholland

Patriotic Squirrel - I Pledge Allegiance. . .

My contribution to Memorial Day Celebration - the squirrel ready to say the Pledge of Allegiance
(no disrespect intended, just a love of animals and a bit of creative editing)

History of the Pledge of Allegiance:
Two men interested in both education and planned Columbus Day celebrations around our Nation's 44 states were
Francis Bellamy and James Upham. To this day it is still unknown which of the two men actually authored the words
that were to become the Pledge of Allegiance.

What we do know for certain is that the words first appeared in the September 8, 1892 issue of "The Youth's Companion",
and a month later more than 12 million school children recited the words for the first time in schools across the nation.

Taken from: http://www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/flag/1bfc_pledge.html
See this link for more info on the development of the Pledge of Allegiance as we know it today.

A combination of two of my photos full exif

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Dirck Brinckerhoff12-Jun-2009 04:39
Nicely done picture. And interesting story. I'll bet nothing ever spread so quickly.
cits_4_pets04-Jun-2009 23:19
Great editing and cute squirrel, nice details
Steve Thuman28-May-2009 02:57
Well done!
Bea.28-May-2009 01:03
Very nice Laura. Well done.
Paul Milholland28-May-2009 00:33
"Yo! the other right hand. . . ."
Barry Ailetcher27-May-2009 17:19
Well done Image Laura
Ann27-May-2009 17:01
Beautifully done Laura.
v c bacon27-May-2009 15:53
Very creative, Laura!
Mark Krauss27-May-2009 15:03
Ditto - What Jack said! I'm smiling!
Jack Hoying27-May-2009 11:30
Cute photo, and a good history lesson.
Pam Haley - FrogHouse Photo27-May-2009 07:25
Nicely done!
Guest 27-May-2009 07:18
Very nicely done Laura.