Please remember the "under God" was added recently. Matt
en.wikipedia.org
Addition of "under God"[edit]
"Under God" redirects here.
During the
Cold War era, many Americans wanted to distinguish the United States from the
state atheism promoted by Marxist-Leninist countries, a view that led to support for the words "under God" to be added to the Pledge of Allegiance
President
Eisenhower had been baptized a
Presbyterian very recently, just a year before. He responded enthusiastically to Docherty in a conversation following the service. Eisenhower acted on his suggestion the next day and on February 8, 1954, Rep.
Charles Oakman (
R-
Mich.), introduced a bill to that effect.
Congress passed the necessary legislation and Eisenhower signed the bill into law on
Flag Day, June 14, 1954.
[36] Eisenhower said:
The phrase "under God" was incorporated into the Pledge of Allegiance on June 14, 1954, by a
Joint Resolution of Congress amending § 4 of the
Flag Code enacted in 1942.
[36]
On October 6, 1954, the National Executive Committee of the American Legion adopted a resolution, first approved by the Illinois American Legion Convention in August 1954, which formally recognized the Knights of Columbus for having initiated and brought forward the amendment to the Pledge of Allegiance.
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ETA: Both are Catholics and treated oh so differently for it.
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