E Pluribus WTF?

A church in the old home town was making a little plot of adjacent land into a park and an uncle wanted the family to donate a fountain or statue to the cause. He selected a hideous thing that looked like a replica of the facade of a courthouse or some type of government building. On the pediment it said "In God We Trust" and "E Pluribus Unum," in lettering that appeared to have been carved by an amateur with a paring knife. It looked like the camp arts-and-crafts project of a particularly untalented child.

Anyway, he liked it and kept insisting it we should buy it. I couldn't figure out why he was so set on something that looked like it was a salute to the U.S. Treasury or the Mint or some damn thing. Odd choice for a church, I thought. But he had a good reason:

"See, it says 'In God We Trust' twice. Once in English and once in French."

I laughed so hard I hurt myself.

My sister-in-law found a more appropriate cherub-y angel-y type thing for the church park. But if you happen to live in the vicinity of Bismarck, North Dakota, check out this beauty. It's probably still available.