Dwight Eisenhower was elected the 34th President by the largest number of votes in history to that date.
On February 7, 1954, President Eisenhower supported the American Legion “Back-to-God” Program, broadcasting from the White House:
“As a former soldier, I am delighted that our veterans are sponsoring a movement to increase our awareness of God in our daily lives.
In battle, they learned a great truth-that there are no atheists in the foxholes. They know that in time of test and trial, we instinctively turn to God for new courage …
Whatever our individual church, whatever our personal creed, our common faith in God is a common bond among us.”
In the next year’s “Back-to-God” Program, February 20, 1955, President Eisenhower stated:
“Without God, there could be no American form of Government, nor an American way of life.
Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first — the most basic — expression of Americanism.”
