True, and the pledge should be restored to its original form. While I had read about the insertion of the phrase “under God” into our Pledge of Allegiance during the McCarthy era, it became real to me when I attended an event with my mother some years ago. The national anthem was performed, and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited at the…
True, and the pledge should be restored to its original form. While I had read about the insertion of the phrase “under God” into our Pledge of Allegiance during the McCarthy era, it became real to me when I attended an event with my mother some years ago. The national anthem was performed, and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited at the start of the event. I noticed that my mother did not include the phrase “under God” in her recitation of the pledge. She recited the pledge as it had been taught to her as a schoolgirl in the 1930s.
Believe me, I had a really hard time with the Pledge when one day it said one thing and literally the next day it was different.
I also had a problem with "The Lord's Prayer" that we had to say every day in school. The one in my church (Southern Presbyterian) was different than the one in elementary school. I was yelled at in both places.
About the same time frame (1957) the words "In God We Trust" were inserted onto paper currency. It was on some coins from about the time of the Civil War.
Speaking of paper currency, I have been waiting for a long time for Harriet Tubman to replace Jackson on the 20 dollar bill. It has been eight years.
True, and the pledge should be restored to its original form. While I had read about the insertion of the phrase “under God” into our Pledge of Allegiance during the McCarthy era, it became real to me when I attended an event with my mother some years ago. The national anthem was performed, and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited at the start of the event. I noticed that my mother did not include the phrase “under God” in her recitation of the pledge. She recited the pledge as it had been taught to her as a schoolgirl in the 1930s.
Believe me, I had a really hard time with the Pledge when one day it said one thing and literally the next day it was different.
I also had a problem with "The Lord's Prayer" that we had to say every day in school. The one in my church (Southern Presbyterian) was different than the one in elementary school. I was yelled at in both places.
About the same time frame (1957) the words "In God We Trust" were inserted onto paper currency. It was on some coins from about the time of the Civil War.
Speaking of paper currency, I have been waiting for a long time for Harriet Tubman to replace Jackson on the 20 dollar bill. It has been eight years.