Trump's 'Freedumb Trucks' celebrate US 250th anniversary with 'gift from God' message
By Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - Inside President Donald Trump's six "Freedom Trucks" that will drive across the country to celebrate America's 250th birthday, an AI-generated George Washington greets visitors and proclaims: "Thy rights are a gift from God," beneath a ceiling emblazoned with the words, "In God We Trust."
On the eve of the holiday observing the July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence, the tricked-out "Freedom 250" mobile museum trucks have fanned out, from Washington State on the West Coast to North Carolina on the East Coast. The trucks offer what backers call a year-long patriotic salute to the American Revolution and the nation it birthed.
Freedom 250 spokesperson Rachel Reisner said the organization "is sparking a unifying movement across all 50 states that celebrates the American spirit and showcases our nation at its best."
But the trucks have sparked some backlash. In Massachusetts in June, local media reported that some citizens in one town objected to a planned Freedom Truck visit, leading to its cancellation. Critics say the trucks and other celebrations give an overly religious version of American history and gloss over problems such as slavery and racial injustice.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trumps-freedom-trucks-celebrate-us-100928119.html
Most of the founding fathers were Deists. They believed in God as a creator but shied away from a state religion. The 30 Years War was fought a century earlier between Catholic and Protestant groups and was the most devasting war in Europe up to that point.
"In God we trust" was added during the McCarthy anti-communist scare of the 1950s. They believed professing a belief in religion would scare off the Godless communists.
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