Fresh Air: The Pledge of Allegiance & The Confederate Flag

I love �Fresh Air� from NPR. I found today�s interviews particularly interesting.

First, Terry interviewed historian Richard J. Ellis, who recently wrote a book called To the Flag: The Unlikely History of the Pledge of Allegiance. His recitation of the history of the Pledge and its evolution is absolutely fascinating.

Next, Terry interviewed John M. Coski, who is a historian and library director at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va. He talks about his book entitled The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem.

You can listen to the Pledge interview here, and/or the Confederate Flag interview here.

On a related note, Shelby Foote died yesterday. May he rest in peace.