FRANK E. BELLAMY MEMORIAL PLAQUE

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TO STIMULATE THE PATRIOTISM OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR PRESIDENT MCKINLEY SUGGESTED A NEW PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. A CONTEST WAS HELD AND WHEN IT WAS OVER THE HONOR OF WRITING THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE" FOR THE AMERICAN FLAG HAD FALLEN TO FRANK E. BELLAMY, AND HAD BEEN ADOPTED AS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA.

Location

Address: LOGAN PARK-LIBERTY STREET AND 6TH STREET
City: CHERRYVALE
State:
Zip Code: 67335

Details

Memorial Type: War Memorial Walls
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Year Dedicated: 1996
Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER JR.
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