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The Pledge of Allegiance
Who are the Amish?
Many people have asked the question, “What is Amish?” That’s a complicated question to answer, because the Amish people can’t be summed up in a few simple explanations. Most people know the Amish as a people who dress plainly, live simply, and avoid the conveniences of modern technology. Their history goes back to at least 1693, when a group of Anabaptists chose to break off into their own church, led by Jakob Ammann. One of the things that separated the Amish from others were the Amish rules, ways of living that designed to avoid the distractions and temptations of the wider world.
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