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Podcast: BardsFM
Episode: Ep3854_BardsFM - The American Brand: The Small And Forgotten Histories
Description: Two events nearly 100 years apart that reflect the heart of a very different nation than the nation we know today. First is Valley Forge and the critical food that was delivered by that only native American tribe that stood in support of the Revolutionary War effort: the Oneida Tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy. Oral tradition tells us they delivered up 600 bushels of white corn to feed the starving troops. The second event is the story of the Pledge of Allegiance written by Christian socialist Baptist minister, Francis Bellamy. It was part of a marketing incentive to schools in which...