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In 1974, Maureen McCauley gave a speech in which she argued that America needed a potent religious symbol, something to rally Christians to rediscover prayer and penance. Her suggestion: the pretzel.
According to the Pretzels for God movement, the pretzel should be restored to its rightful place in the history of early Christianity.