Thursday, February 21, 2008

Who Knew?

Did anyone else know that "under God" was only added to the pledge of allegiance in 1954 because of a sermon given by Eisenhower's preacher?

5 comments:

Hero of the Light said...

And to help ward off athiestic communism, as was the addition of "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency in '61.

Jenna said...

no. way.

Sara said...

That's exactly what I thought in my human geography 101 class!

And yes, I'm seriously taking geography 101. With my brother.

Jenna said...

hahaha!

Preston said...

My dissident US History teacher taught me that in 11th grade.