Secretary of Treasury Salmon P. Chase requested that the U.S. Mint prepare a motto that would sum up the growing religious sentiment during the Civil War era. In 1864 "In God We Trust" first appeared on the two-cent coin. The law that put the motto on paper currency was passed in 1955.
In 1956, Congress passed an act that made "In God We Trust" the official national motto of the United States.
"Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. money do not violate the Constitution's separation of church and state.
The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite our vast nation through the proud recitation of some of the ideals upon which our Republic was founded.
Keep "In God We Trust" on the U.S. currency and keep "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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