When did The National Motto of The United States of America adopted by Congress?
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There are actually varying dates, depending on the coin. I'd say it became totally official on July 30, 1956 when it was signed as our national motto. Of course, it started appearing in various forms on our mints as far back as April 22, 1864.\n\nI used a US Treasury web site. Never knew it went that far back. I thought it was from the 1950's. Love this stuff!
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The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, commonly known as the Articles of Confederation, was the first governing document of the United States of America.\n\nThe articles, which combined the Thirteen Colonies of the American Revolutionary War into a loose confederation, were adopted by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, after 16 months of debate. The articles were ratified three years later on March 1, 1781.\n\nThe articles were replaced by the United States Constitution on June 21, 1788, when the ninth state, New Hampshire, ratified the Constitution.
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The U.S. Constitution's only relevant mention lies in the Preamble:  "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." (emphasis added)\n\nWelfare\nwelfare n. 1. health, happiness, or prosperity; well-being. [<ME wel faren, to fare well]\n\n"Welfare in today's context also means organized efforts on the part of public or private organizations to benefit the poor, or simply public assistance. THIS IS NOT THE MEANING OF THE WORD AS USED IN THE CONSTITUTION." (Source: http://www.usconstitution.net) (emphasis added)\n\nOur 40th President summed it up best, "...government is not the solution..."\n\nAnd perhaps the minority party's most famous and beloved President seemed to agree, "...we pledge our best efforts to help them HELP THEMSELVES..." "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you..." (emphasis added)
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On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed. It is known as the day that America was officially an independent nation. Before this date America was under the rule of Britain.
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The original flag designers did not attach meaning to the colors.  However, on June 20, 1782, Charles Thomson, the secretary of the Continental Congress, gave a report to the Congress defining the new Great Seal of the United States. The seal uses red, white and blue, and seals must meet rules of heraldry where the meaning of the colors is defined.  Charles Thomson gave the meaning as follows:\n\n"White signifies purity and innocence. Red hardiness and valour and Blue the colour of the Chief signifies vigilance perseverance and justice."
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The United States of America does NOT have an official language. It does bother me that some Senators and representatives could not quote the lines to our National Anthem in English or any other language.
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Motto: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem \nBy the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty\n\nSong: All Hail to Massachusetts   \nwords and music by: Arthur Marsh
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The reason it's a triangle is the three points that  represents\nthe principles America is founded on, Freedom, Liberty,\nJustice. It also has a slight reference to the three branches\nof the government. This was decided in 1817 and it was proposed by Isaac L. Jamison of Rhode Island after the death of his son. He served in the State Senate for 14 years. He proposed his idea on a visit to Washington DC and asked his State Senator...and he agreed that would be a fitting tribute..he then proposed the idea to the House and they passed it 1 week later, passed the Senate and then signed by the President 2 days later. It was actually common knowledge at the time but the meaning has been lost in antiquity
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My County 'Tis of Thee.\n\nThe Star Spangled Banner was made the national anthem by a Congressional resolution on March 3, 1931.
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I pledge allegiance to the flag\nof the United States of America\nAnd to the republic for which it stands\none nation under God\nIndivisible with liberty and justice for all.
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Here is a sampling of the information available at the web site listed below:\n\n\nThe "FLAG CODE" \n\n\nPrevious to Flag Day, June 14, 1923 there were no federal or state regulations governing display of the United States Flag. It was on this date that the National Flag Code was adopted by the National Flag Conference which was attended by representatives of the Army and Navy which had evolved their own procedures, and some 66 other national groups. This purpose of providing guidance based on the Army and Navy procedures relating to display and associated questions about the U. S. Flag was adopted by all organizations in attendance. \n\nA few minor changes were made a year later during the Flag Day 1924 Conference, It was not until June 22, 1942 that Congress passed a joint resolution which was amended on December 22, 1942 to become Public Law 829; Chapter 806, 77th Congress, 2nd session. Exact rules for use and display of the flag (36 U.S.C. 173-178) as well as associated sections (36 U.S.C. 171) Conduct during Playing of the National Anthem, (36 U.S.C. 172) the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, and Manner of Delivery were included. \n\nThis code is the guide for all handling and display of the Stars and Stripes. It does not impose penalties for misuse of the United States Flag. That is left to the states and to the federal government for the District of Columbia. Each state has its own flag law. \n\nCriminal penalties for certain acts of desecration to the flag were contained in Title 18 of the United States Code prior to 1989. The Supreme Court decision in Texas v. Johnson; June 21, 1989, held the statute unconstitutional. This statute was amended when the Flag Protection Act of 1989 (Oct. 28, 1989) imposed a fine and/or up to I year in prison for knowingly mutilating, defacing, physically defiling, maintaining on the floor or trampling upon any flag of the United States. The Flag Protection Act of 1989 was struck down by the Supreme Court decision, United States vs. Eichman, decided on June 11, 1990. \n\nWhile the Code empowers the President of the United States to alter, modify, repeal or prescribe additional rules regarding the Flag, no federal agency has the authority to issue 'official' rulings legally binding on civilians or civilian groups. Consequently, different interpretations of various provisions of the Code may continue to be made. The Flag Code may be fairly tested: 'No disrespect should be shown to the Flag of the United States of America.' Therefore, actions not specifically included in the Code may be deemed acceptable as long as proper respect is shown.
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your quote is Article 19. United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights \nAdopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948\nfull text of Article 19 reads\n\n"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."\n\nto bad no one lives by this code.\nyour answer no its not just american it belongs to everyone...
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The phrase itself appears in a letter from President Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Association of Danbury, Connecticut, on Jan 1, 1802. \n\n        The Baptist Association had written to President Jefferson regarding a "rumor that a particular denomination was soon to be recognized as the national denomination." Jefferson responded to calm their fears by assuring them that the federal government would not establish any single denomination of Christianity as the National denomination. He wrote: "The First Amendment has erected a wall of separation between Church and State." \n\n        Notice the phrasing in the U.S. Constitution, Article VI, paragraph 3:\n\n\n        The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
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Tradition. No where is it stated in any law that it has be on a particular day, or that it has to occur every year. The Constitution only states: "He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union...".
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1954 to be precise.\n\nIn fact, here's the irony:  Before 1954 it said "One nation indivisible."\n\nThey then took that beautiful phrase, and chopped it up ("divided" it).\n\nAnd in so doing, they divided our "indivisible" nation in two:\n- People who could say the pledge with sincerity (Christians, Jews, and Muslims).\n- People who could not say the pledge with sincerity (pretty much everybody else).  I.e. you could say it as long as you were just mouthing words.\n\nIn other words they "amended" the Pledge of Allegiance to exclude athiests, agnostics, Buddhists, pagans, etc.   These people are no longer eligible to pledge allegiance to the country.  There is no different version for them ... you either say this is a "nation under God", or ... sorry, you're disqualified.  \n\nI.e. they amended the pledge in 1954 to make it clear that you could no longer be considered a loyal American unless you believed in God.\n\nCould some of the modern divisions in the country, along religious lines, be traced back to this little bit of symbolism?\n\nCan anyone really read the amazingly hateful posts on YA ... Americans expressing open *hatred* of fellow Americans (did I just hear Mark D say "God how I hate you people"?) ... and say we are still "One nation indivisible"?\n\n---\n\n{edit} Mark D ... yes that's precisely my point!  *Both* sides are extremely intolerant of each other, especially on matters of religion, because there is *nothing* more personal or sacred than whether a person chooses to believe, or NOT believe, in God.  That is precisely the POINT of the Establishment Clause.  When the government passes laws declaring that belief in God is part and parcel of declaring yourself a loyal American ... that's what happens.\n\n{edit2} Mark D ... good points.  So we have traded concessions ... so maybe there's hope after all. (Cheers.) :-)
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1) \nIt is protected by the first amendment of the Bill of Rights:\n\n'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.'\n-Speech also implies expression\n\n2)\nDesecration of the U.S. flag so far is legal.  Although recently (2005) the House passed a law making in illegal to desecrate the American flag.  It is still awaiting further approval through our legal system.
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The Declaration of Independence