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For over 100 years, travelers have checked into US motel rooms and found the Gideon Bible

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By Luis Andres Henao Verified
| The Sentinel (Lewistown) Verified
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) -- “Rocky Raccoon checked into his room, only to find Gideon’s Bible.” Paul McCartney explained those famous lines in the song by The Beatles, saying these Bibles “were in every hotel in America.” He’d never seen something like that in England. For more than a century, countless have found it in the bedside drawers of American hotel and motel rooms. It has become a symbol of America’s roadside culture and Protestant tradition. It’s mentioned in lyrics, films, Broadway shows.
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For over 100 years, travelers have found the Gideon Bible in motel rooms

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By Luis Andres Henao Verified
| New Castle News Verified
SALISBURY, Md. — “Rocky Raccoon checked into his room, only to find Gideon’s Bible.” Paul McCartney explained those famous lines in the song by The Beatles, saying these Bibles “were in every hotel in America.” He’d never seen something like that in England. kAmu@C >@C6 E92? 2 46?EFCJ[ 4@F?E=6DD 92G6 7@F?5 :E :? E96 365D:56 5C2H6CD @7 p>6C:42? 9@E6= 2?5 >@E6= C@@>D] xE 92D 364@>6 2 DJ>3@= @7 p>6C:42’D C@25D:56 4F=EFC6 2?5 !C@E6DE2?E EC25:E:@?] xE’D >6?E:@?65 :?
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For over 100 years, travelers have found the Gideon Bible in motel rooms

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By Luis Andres Henao Verified
| The Crescent-News Verified
SALISBURY, Md. — “Rocky Raccoon checked into his room, only to find Gideon’s Bible.” Paul McCartney explained those famous lines in the song by The Beatles, saying these Bibles “were in every hotel in America.” He’d never seen something like that in England. For more than a century, countless have found it in the bedside drawers of American hotel and motel rooms. It has become a symbol of America’s roadside culture and Protestant tradition. It’s mentioned in lyrics, films, Broadway shows.
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