- I was interested to learn, while listening to From Our Own Correspondent, that the inscription on American bank notes "In God We Trust" was added as recently as the 1950s and 1960s.
- In her autobiography Wait for Me! Deborah Mitford tells a story against herself. Lucian Freud's portrait of her was not entirely flattering. One day her husband, Andrew Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, overheard someone ask "Who is that woman?" of the person in the picture. "It's my wife", he said. The first man replied, "Well, thank God it's not mine."
- There are apparently over 600 million bloggers in China. I really don't know why I bother.
Well, I'm sorry, you can't expect original content everyday!
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
ReplyDeleteThe words "under God" were added in 1954.
-lesle
In the programme, the correspondent in question (Kevin Connolly) said it would be virtually impossible to become President of the USA without drawing attention to one's religious convictions, whereas over here in Europe it is best to keep one's religion to oneself! Interesting, don't you think?
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