Showing posts with label E pluribus unum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label E pluribus unum. Show all posts

Aug 6, 2016

Motto of United States

The following is not meant to be political, but to remind what the Motto of the United States is. Contrary to what one of our candidates for president said during her recent acceptance speech, E Pluribus Unum was officially replaced as the motto of the US during 1956, by the US Congress passing an act making “In God We Trust” the official motto.



Incidentally, President Obama also made the same faux pas during a speech he made a few years ago.

Jun 22, 2010

In God We Trust

Although many people thought E pluribus unum was the motto, there was no official US national motto before 1956.

“In God We Trust” had been on coins since the 1800s, but it was not officially the motto of the United States of America until the congressional act designating it so in 1956. Coincidentally, it is also the official motto of Nicaragua.