Oct 20, 2022
4 min read
Why Was the Pledge of Allegiance Written by a Flag Salesman?
In today’s dollars, his company made over $10 million
The Youth’s Companion was arguably the most influential periodical published in America during the 1890s. For an annual subscription of $1.75 ($57 today), the whole family could read inspirational stories by Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, and Emily Dickenson. Most of the…
