Peter Berger: We don’t pledge allegiance to a man

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Berger, an English teacher at Weathersfield School who writes “Poor Elijah’s Almanack.” The column appears in several publications including the Times Argus, the Rutland Herald and the Stowe Reporter.
When I was a boy, every classroom in our school was graced with two framed portraits. I concluded that Washington was there because he was our first president, while Lincoln had earned his place by being our best president.
I was wr