Pop quiz:
In what year did Congress declare "In God we trust" the national motto?
a. 1776
b. 1865
d. 1917
e. 1956
f. 1984
Here's a hint: it happened two years after the words "under God" were added to the Pledge of Allegiance.
Answer here.
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Only know by the hint. I bring up the insertion of ‘under God’ whenever someone makes a big deal about it. If the pledge would be horrible without ‘under God’, was the pledge horrible before 1954?