[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 112 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H4671-H4672]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR NATIONAL MOTTO

  (Mr. FORBES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, on July 30 we celebrate the 60th anniversary 
of our national motto, In God We Trust, which is displayed directly 
above your chair.
  Throughout our history as a nation, we have often struggled to find 
the right words in time of crisis or great challenge.
  In the War of 1812, we found those words in our national anthem when 
Francis Scott Key wrote: ``And this be our motto: In God is our 
trust.''
  In 1864, Congress found them when it authorized the Secretary of the 
Treasury to add the inscription ``In God We Trust'' on coins.

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  In 1955, Congress found those words when it extended the ``In God We 
Trust'' to be included on our currency, and in 1956, Congress found 
them when it adopted ``In God We Trust'' as the official motto of the 
United States.
  Today, as we see a divided Nation, a nation polarized in almost every 
area, today as we witness a nation facing crisis and challenge in a 
magnitude we have not seen in many years, as we search for the right 
words, let us hope we find them once again in the simple but powerful 
phrase, ``In God We Trust.''
  So today, we celebrate the anniversary of this motto and pray for 
God's continued blessing on our land.

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