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[–] 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It was an anti-communist thing

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  • [–] 12 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Also a way of selling flags, IIRC.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 days ago*

    The original was to sell flags, and was written by a flag salesman. In the 1950s or 1960s they added the phrase "under God," in between the words "one nation, indivisible."

    I never said the "under God" part, because my grandparents told me I didn't have to, since it was just "commie scare crap, because of that McCarthy fool." I stopped saying it altogether in 4th grade when I found out it was optional

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