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He finished with the fourth stanz:

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes 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, for our cause is just, And this be our motto--"In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

My fifth graders could get extra credit for memorizing all four...Third grade was required to memorize the first and to sing the Preamble of the Constitution (School House Rock version) and “Fifty Nifty United States in which they sang the names of all fifty in alphabetical order....When they were in high school in US History...They still could sing all three...Teacher had to change her bonus point requirements cause they all still knew all three and would break out in song just to make the point.

The left is desperate to erase our Christian hertitage. It enrages them when someone confronts their lies about our nation's founders.

Is it necessary that any one should [ask], “Did General Washington avow himself to be a believer in Christianity?" As well may we question his patriotism, his heroic devotion to his country. His mottos were, "Deeds, not Words"; and, "For God and my Country."

- Nelly Custis-Lewis (Washington’s adopted daughter)

“It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.”

George Washington

“What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.”

George Washington. [speech to the Delaware Indian Chiefs May 12, 1779]

"To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian"

George Washington. [May 2, 1778, at Valley Forge]

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Ben Franklin's personal motto and his idea for what he wanted on the back of the great seal of the USA. (search for the phrase and you can see the seal)