The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 32, July 24, 2005, Article 16

NEW BOOK: GOD IN THE OVAL OFFICE - ST-GAUDENS WANTED TO ELIMINATE THE MOTTO

Dick Johnson writes: "It#39;s a long trail and this is fifth handed
(this is a report of a news story of a review of a book) but
there is a story of Augustus St-Gaudens in an unlikely new
book. It covers religion and politics – two subjects rarely
mentioned in The E-Sylum – but this might be of interest to
anyone researching St-Gaudens.

The book is "God In The Oval Office" by John McCollister.
He tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt#39;s correspondence
where St-Gaudens wanted to eliminate "In God We Trust"
from our coins "for artistic reasons." Roosevelt agreed. He
wondered whether it "cheapened" religion for God to be
mentioned on earthly currency."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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