Did Dr Pepper put out a can with a patriotic scene of the Empire State Building that left out “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance?
The simple answer: No. The more complex answer: No, they didn’t. The long answer: Why something like this generates attention, as opposed to genuine problems (like say, the lack of a decent rail system, a shortage of affordable housing, and an electoral process that leaves a lot to be desired, to name a few) is beyond me. Here are the facts: § In early 2002, the Dr Pepper company issued a promotional can which had a picture of the Statue of Liberty on it, not the Empire State Building (and how the Empire State Building could be “patriotic” I’ll never know). You can see a picture of that can here. § That same can had printed on it the exact phrase “One Nation…Indivisible”. § The full text of the Pledge of Allegiance was never printed on this can in the first place, so nothing was omitted from it–unless you count the use of that excerpt as omitting something, in which case over 90% of the Pledge was omitted, not just the words “under God”. So, while it is technically true that this ca
