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History of 'In God We Trust'

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Re: History of 'In God We Trust'

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I always find it ironic that we started with "E pluribus unum" ("Out of many, one") a uniting statement and added "In God We Trust" a dividing one.

Same goes for the Pledge of Allegiance "Under God" added just before "indivisible".

Both being formalized in the 1950's.