The Man Who Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance

The schoolroom staple didn’t originally include "under God," even though it was created by an ordained minister.http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-man-who-wrote-the-pledge-of-allegiance-93907224/?no-ist 

He worked at a magazine publisher that asked him to write the pledge to help sell more flags to schools.

http://priceonomics.com/the-marketing-of-the-pledge-of-allegiance/