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24. Eisenhower also objected to

Reply to NNadir (Reply #23)

Sat Jan 4, 2020, 04:02 PM

Jan 2020

adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance. Or so I have read.

Another factoid: Jefferson owned a Koran. And I am pretty sure that one of the first Muslim members of Congress asked to use it when he took his Oath of Office.

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Adlai Stevenson... NNadir Jan 2020 #13

Could you elaborate for me? Niagara Jan 2020 #14

Adlai Stevenson ran twice against Dwight Eisenhower. NNadir Jan 2020 #15

I never knew this Niagara Jan 2020 #16

My pleasure. I corrected some of the spelling mistakes from the phone's autocorrect. NNadir Jan 2020 #20

I immediately thought of Adlai Stevenson too. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2020 #21

Adlai Stevenson was also Collimator Jan 2020 #22

I have read that his wife was mentally ill. NNadir Jan 2020 #23

Eisenhower also objected to Collimator Jan 2020 #24

I have some problems with Eisenhower, notably his silence on McCarthyism... NNadir Jan 2020 #25

ah the good old days. mopinko Jan 2020 #17

Just shocking. I must renew my supply of brown paper bags. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #19