[meric]

I hope the "That this nation shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the state by the state for the state shall not perish from the Earth" (with "under God" struck out) poster meant something other than its literal meaning...

[schoen]

It was alluding to the risk of Communism.

[jhanschoo]

The state words in red allude to Soviet communism, and of course, its totalitarian governance model.