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The authority, in my humble opinion, on the topic of using words to adjust history how we see fit is James Loewen. His "Lies My History Teacher Told Me," and especially, "Lies across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong" are wonderful books about language adjustment and the power it can have in our history texts - and the ability to learn correctly from them. Often, words are carefully selected to imply no fault to certain individuals, or others are portrayed with words such as "savages" or "red men."
I don't like government sticking its nose into the way history is written for schoolchildren. This should be left to actual historians.
How about for US currency: "In a force of higher calling then ourselves we trust"
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