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Capitalized "IN GOD WE TRUST" on the reverse of a United States twenty-dollar bill"In God We Trust" (also rendered as "In God we trust") is the official motto of the United States [1] [2] [3] as well as the motto of the U.S. state of Florida, along with the nation of Nicaragua (Spanish: En Dios confiamos).
A phrase similar to "In God we trust" appears in the final stanza of "The Star-Spangled Banner". Written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key (and later adopted as the U.S. national anthem on March 3, 1931 by U.S. President Herbert Hoover), the song contains an early reference to a variation of the phrase: "And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust ...
"In God We Trust" on the back of a twenty-dollar bill.. In 1970, Stefan Ray Aronow having been found without standing to sue by the District Court, appealed his case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging "the use of expressions of trust in God by the United States Government on its coinage, currency, official documents and publications.
No one can bar a Texas teacher from displaying an “In God We Trust” sign donated to his or her classroom, according to a new state law. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill in a 27-second video ...
The next change came in 1957 when the $1 bill became the first piece of paper U.S. currency to bear the motto IN GOD WE TRUST. The inclusion of the motto, "In God We Trust", on all currency was required by law in 1955, [23] It was added over the word ONE on the reverse. Thus all series 1957 and later notes include the motto.
The motto of the United States itself is In God We Trust, proclaimed by Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 30, 1956. [1] The motto " E pluribus unum " ( Latin for 'out of many, one') was approved for use on the Great Seal of the United States in 1782, but was never adopted as the national motto through ...
In December 2007, Congress passed H.R. 2764, moving "In God We Trust" to either the obverse or reverse of the coins. [9] This is the same bill that created a program that included quarters for Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
This is true of the phrase “In God We Trust,” which is meant to relay reliance on a higher being, particularly in times of crisis, like the Civil War. Our country’s history includes hundreds ...