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70 years of shame (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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The phrase "under God" was incorporated into the Pledge of Allegiance on June 14, 1954, 70 years ago today.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I stopped saying it when I learned that around my mid twenties. Now it's just "one nation, (pause for breath), indivisible". And before you ask, even as an adult I'm asked to recite the pledge, we do it at American Legion meetings as well as monthly fire and EMS meetings.