US National Symbols

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Notice the face is lighted, and the western side is dark. This country was just beginning. The US had not begun to explore the west or decided what to contribute to Western Civilization. The Pyramid is uncapped, again signifying that the project of a Nation were not even close to being finished. Inside the Capstone readers may find the all-seeing eye, an ancient symbol for divinity. It was Franklin's belief that one man couldn't do it alone, but a group of men, with the help of God, could do anything.

'IN GOD WE TRUST' is on this currency. 

The Latin below the pyramid, NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, means, 'a new order has begun.'  Looking at the right-hand circle, and checking it carefully, readers will learn that it is on every National Cemetery in the United States .
At the base of the pyramid is the Roman numeral for 1776. (MDCCLXXVI).




Also, notice the shield is unsupported. This country can now stand on its own. At the top of that shield there is a white bar signifying congress, a unifying factor. The US was coming together as one nation.

In the Eagle's beak readers will read, 'E PLURIBUS UNUM' meaning, 'out of many - one.'
Above the Eagle, the seal has the thirteen stars representing the thirteen original colonies, and any clouds of misunderstanding rolling away. Again, the US was coming together as one. Notice what the Eagle holds in his talons. It holds an olive branch and arrows. This country wants peace, but the US will never be afraid to fight to preserve peace. The Eagle always wants to face the olive branch, but in time of war, its gaze turns toward the arrows.

An (untrue) old-fashioned belief says that the number 13 is an unlucky number. This is almost a worldwide belief. You will almost never see a room numbered 13, or any hotels or motels with a 13th floor in the United States and many other countries. But think about this, America, which relies on God (not a number) to direct and lead, boldly chose:

13 original colonies,
13 signers of the Declaration of Independence ,
13 stripes on our flag,
13 steps on the pyramid,
13 letters in 'Annuit Coeptis',
13 letters in ' E Pluribus Unum,'
13 stars above the eagle,
13 bars on that shield,
13 leaves on the olive branch,
13 fruits, and if you look closely,
13 arrows.

And finally, notice the arrangement of the 13 stars in the right-hand circle.

Readers will notice that they are arranged as a Star of David.
This was ordered by George Washington who, when he asked Haym Solomon, a wealthy Philadelphia Jew, what he would like as a personal reward for his services to the Continental Army. Solomon said he wanted nothing for himself, but he would like something for his people. The Star of David was the result.

Few people know it was Solomon who saved the Army through his financial contributions... then died a pauper. Haym Solomon gave $25 million to save the Continental Army, money that was sorely needed to help realize America’s freedom and independence from England .

Therein lies America ’s Judeo-Christian beginning.

Most American children do NOT know any of this.
On this century they are not being taught because their history teachers did not learn this.
[They were not taught!]       

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