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Here is an interesting trivia question. What president placed “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and made “In God We Trust” the national motto? I’ll give you a small hint---he was a president from the twentieth century.
The original Pledge of Allegiance was written in September of 1892 by Francis Bellamy for “The Youth’s Campaign” magazine in Boston. The pledge was printed on leaflets and sent to schools across the United States.
“Under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 by President Eisenhower who claimed, “In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America’s heritage and future; in this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country’s most powerful resource in peace and war.”
“In God We Trust” was first printed on a two-cent coin in 1864. These four words were taken off of and put back on certain coins over the next fifty years. “In God We Trust” has continuously been engraved on the one-cent coin since 1909, on the ten-cent coin since 1916, and appeared on gold coins, silver dollar coins, half-dollar coins, and quarter-dollar coins since 1908.
On July 30, 1956, a law passed by the eighty-fourth Congress, approved by President Eisenhower, enacted a Joint Resolution declaring “In God We Trust” the national motto of the United States. The motto was first used on paper money in 1957.
1,876.7 miles to go.
Here is an interesting trivia question. What president placed “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and made “In God We Trust” the national motto? I’ll give you a small hint---he was a president from the twentieth century.
The original Pledge of Allegiance was written in September of 1892 by Francis Bellamy for “The Youth’s Campaign” magazine in Boston. The pledge was printed on leaflets and sent to schools across the United States.
“Under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 by President Eisenhower who claimed, “In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America’s heritage and future; in this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country’s most powerful resource in peace and war.”
“In God We Trust” was first printed on a two-cent coin in 1864. These four words were taken off of and put back on certain coins over the next fifty years. “In God We Trust” has continuously been engraved on the one-cent coin since 1909, on the ten-cent coin since 1916, and appeared on gold coins, silver dollar coins, half-dollar coins, and quarter-dollar coins since 1908.
On July 30, 1956, a law passed by the eighty-fourth Congress, approved by President Eisenhower, enacted a Joint Resolution declaring “In God We Trust” the national motto of the United States. The motto was first used on paper money in 1957.
1,876.7 miles to go.
