Sandra Hollin Flowers wrote:
....how long the words "under God" have been in the pledge. ...."In June
of 1954 an amendment was made to add the words 'under God.'" The
addition was made in Eisenhower's presidency. ....this is unverified
history, gleaned from a single web site.
JW reply:
Sounds accurate to me. I was in elementary school during Ike's first
term and I can remember the words UG comining in somewhere during that
time. The pledge was the first thing that we did every day clear into
high school.
I believe that it was also Ike that put In God We Trust on the coins.
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