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Congressional Prayer Caucus Leaders Celebrate 'In God We Trust'

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Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., and Senator James Lankford, R-Okla., recognized the 60th anniversary of America's national motto: "In God We Trust" Friday.

Watch Rep. Forbes' speech on the House floor honoring the anniversary of the national motto.

Forbes and Lankford are co-chairmen of the Congressional Prayer Caucus.

"On this day in 1956, America adopted 'In God We Trust' as our official national motto. Throughout our history as a nation, we have at times struggled to find the right words in times of crisis or of great challenge," Forbes said in a speech from the podium.

"Today, as we witness a divided nation, a nation polarized in almost every area, let us hope we once again find the right words in the simple but powerful phrase, our national motto, 'In God We Trust.'"

The phrase first appeared in one of the verses of a poem written by Francis Scott Key in 1812, which eventually became the national anthem. It first appeared on coins in 1864.

On July 30, 1956, in the midst of the Cold War, when America wanted to distinguish its values from those of the atheistic Soviet Union, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the law making "In God We Trust" the national motto.

 

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