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speeding_snail · 4444 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: Does the national anthem of your country reflect the country nowadays?
Yesterday I was on a roll, so I listened the anthems of the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Finland, the UK and the US. The thing that really stood out for me in the US anthem was in the last stanza. This sentence: And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
Somehow, it doesn't fit with the rest of the song. Like it was added later. But indeed, the US anthem is one anthem which recollects the history of the country.