[Miss Marple]

Preamble to the Constitution of the State of Indiana (1816):

TO THE END, that justice be established, public order maintained, and liberty perpetuated; WE, the People of the State of Indiana, grateful to ALMIGHTY GOD for the free exercise of the right to choose our own form of government, do ordain this Constitution.

The phrase ALMIGHTY GOD is in all caps in the original. I guess my ancestors wanted to make sure someone got the message!

[mhking]

"Back home again, in Indiana..."

I'll be up there in a few weeks for our annual sojourn to the northlands...

[Moose4]

From the preamble of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina:

We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the preservation and perpetuation of the same.

}:-)4