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What event did Francis Bellamy try to coincide with when he revised the Pledge of Allegiance

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Bellamy wanted to arrange a patriotic program for schools around the US to coincide with the opening ceremonies for the Columbian Exposition in October 1892 or the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus arriving in the New World.

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