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It was added by Congress in 1954

Posted on: July 18, 2016 at 15:13:22 CT

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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.

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Oh lord. FBI agent in BR just quoted the pledge and - hefeweizen MU

- 7/18 14:46:41

under god isn't even part of the original - catbirdseat MU

- 7/18 15:13:34

Who is 'author Kevin Kruse'? - Spanky KU - 7/18 15:18:08

all you rubes totally missed my point. He left it out and - hefeweizen MU

- 7/18 15:19:14

It is part of the Pledge.. since 1954.. - Spanky KU - 7/18 15:27:49

does it make you angry that he did?(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 7/18 15:29:03

No.. it make me question why he did something like that... - Spanky KU - 7/18 15:38:19

The State hates competition (nm) - pickle MU

- 7/18 15:06:21

you got that right, catfish (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 7/18 15:15:37

only people hate. - mizzou alum 93 MU - 7/18 15:11:19

He does not understand what a state is and keeps assignng - TigerMatt MU

- 7/18 15:32:00

OMG! (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 7/18 15:00:13

The "under God portion" was added by Ike in '54 - raskolnikov MU - 7/18 14:57:43

It was added by Congress in 1954 - Spanky KU - 7/18 15:13:22

Interesting that something that's been part of our culture - hokie VT - 7/18 15:11:34

RE: Interesting that something that's been part of our culture - 90Tiger MU - 7/18 15:15:19

Wow. Quoting birdseat. IIUC, the bill of rights was not - hokie VT - 7/18 15:18:06

It was the reason it was added that was interesting, but - 90Tiger MU - 7/18 15:41:02

that's a whole lot of straw there, 90. - mizzou alum 93 MU - 7/18 15:42:25