Casual Observer, in relation to the United States of America 'In God We Trust' is not a time-honored legal sentiment. It dates from the Eisenhower administration in response to the Un-American Activities Commission when many Americans were afraid of appearing or being judged to be Communistic or un-American in some fashion. It was not a shining moment in our history.

If the 'founding fathers' had added the slogan to our beginnings I would feel differently about it. In actual fact, it was 1954, nearly 200 years later.