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Our Nation's Godly Heritage
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On March 3, 1931, "The Star Spangled Banner" was adopted by Congress as our National Anthem.
Francis Scott Key wrote it more than one hundred years earlier, after watching the fierce Battle of
Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. Many know and appreciate the stirring words to the first verse
of the Anthem, but few are familiar with its inspirational second verse:

O! thus be it ever when free men shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserved us a nation!

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just;
And this be our motto, "In God is our trust!"
And the star spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

It is because of this verse that courts allowed to stand the motto, "In God We Trust" on our nation's currency. Had it not been in the national anthem, the courts undoubtedly would have been forced to declare it an unlawful act of the government to promote religion.

The Washington Monument stands as a lofty and inspiring tribute to our first president, George Washington.
It is the anchor on the west end of the National Mall. Few people know that engraved on the metal cap to the monument, towering 555 feet above the ground are the words, "Praise be to God." In addition, several tribute blocks line the staircase, and they are inscribed with Bible verses: "Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not; for of such is the Kingdom of God (Luke 18:16)," "Search the Scriptures (John 5:39; Acts 17:11)," and "Holiness unto the Lord (Exodus 28:36; 39:30; and Zechariah 14:20)."

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