The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 25, June 20, 2004, Article 10

"IN GOD WE TRUST" WINS A BATTLE

  On June 14th (Flag Day) the U.S. Supreme Court voted to
  reverse a lower court's ruling which would have removed the
  phrase "one nation, under God" from the Pledge of
  Allegiance.   Their ruling was based on a technicality and
  left open the possibility of a future case.  The issue relates
  to numismatics because it could ultimately affect the fate of
  the motto "In God We Trust" on U.S coins and currency.

  A Wall Street Journal article noted: "Congress adopted the
  pledge as a national patriotic tribute in 1942, at the height of
  World War II. Congress added the phrase "under God" more
  than a decade later, in 1954, when the world had moved from
  hot war to cold."

  QUICK QUIZ:  "In God We Trust" has been on coinage far
  longer.  Who was the person who first suggested the slogan,
  and when?  And here's a bonus question for hard-core
  bibliophiles:  in what publication was this fact first documented?
  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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