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Remove "In God We Trust" as the national motto, and return it to the original "E Pluribus Unum".

Created by M.R. on September 23, 2011

In 1956, our national motto was changed to "In God We Trust". This mainly occurred due to the wide-spread anti-communist paranoia that defined much of the 50's and 60's. There was no logical, sensible reason for our motto to be changed.

For more information, take a look at this article:

http://hnn.us/articles/840.html

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