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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 01 > Pastor who helped get ‘under God’ in Pledge dies

Pastor who helped get ‘under God’ in Pledge dies

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
December 1, 2008

ALEXANDRIA, Pa. — The Rev. George Docherty, credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase “under God” into the Pledge of Allegiance, has died at 97.

Docherty died on Thanksgiving at his home in central Pennsylvania, according to his wife, Sue....

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