This is a keeper...TT ----- Original Message ----- From: <Debbylafs@cs.com> To: <trueg@azstarnet.com>; <Jezamite@aol.com>; <kdcool@ctlnet.com>; <AZATHENA@aol.com>; <DailyRacing@aol.com>; <CKeilman@umich.edu>; <GKeil123@aol.com>; <Jaybird169@aol.com>; <LynnyLee9385@aol.com>; <KNet838987@cs.com>; <MAP18@MSN.COM>; <PMR@qed.net>; <SDROSE@bellsouth.net>; <brookes@azstarnet.com>; <RSherow@cs.com>; <aturner@tdi.net> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 1:42 PM Subject: (no subject) > > Subject: Dollar Bill > > > > Re: How much of this did you know? > > > > Take out a one dollar bill and look at it. The one dollar bill you're > looking at first came off the presses in 1957 in its present design. This > so-called paper money is in fact a cotton and linen blend, with red and > blue > minute silk fibers running through it. It is actually material. We've all > washed it > without it falling apart. A special blend of ink is used, the contents we > will never know. It is overprinted with symbols and then it is starched to > make it water resistant and pressed to give it that nice crisp look. > > > If you look on the front of the bill, you will see the United States > Treasury Seal. On the top you will see the scales for the balance, i.e.a > balanced budget In the center you have a carpenter's T-square, a tool used > for an even > cut. Underneath is the Key to the United States Treasury. > > That's all pretty easy to figure out, but what is on the back of that > dollar bill is something we should all know. If you turn the bill over, you > will see two circles. Both circles, together, comprise the Great Seal of > the United States. The First Continental Congress requested that Benjamin > Franklin and a group of men come up with a Seal. It took them four > years to accomplish this task and another two years to get it approved. > > If you look at the left hand circle, you will see a Pyramid. Notice the > face is lighted and the western side is dark. This country was just > beginning. We had not begun to explore the West or decided what we could > do for Western Civilization. The Pyramid is un-capped, again signifying > that we were not even close to being finished. Inside the capstone you have > the > all-seeing eye, and 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 > above the > pyramid, ANNUIT COEPTIS, means "God has favored our undertaking."The Latin > below the pyramid, NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, means "a new order has begun." at > the base of the pyramid is the Roman Numeral for 1776. > > If you look at the right-hand circle, and check it carefully, you will > learn that it is on every National Cemetery in the United States. > It is also on the Parade of Flags Walkway at the Bushnell, Florida National > Cemetery and is the centerpiece of most hero's monuments. Slightly > modified, it is the seal of the President of the United States and it is > always visible > whenever he speaks, yet no one knows what the symbols mean. The Bald Eagle > was selected as a symbol for victory for two reasons: first, he is not > afraid of a storm; he is strong and he is smart enough to soar above it. > Secondly, he wears no material crown. We had just broken from the King of > England. > Also, notice the shield is unsupported. This country can now stand on it's > own. > At the top of that shield you have a white bar signifying congress, a > unifying factor. We were coming together as one nation. In the Eagle's beak > you will read, "E PLURIBUS UNUM", meaning "one nation from many people." > > Above the Eagle you have thirteen stars representing the thirteen original > colonies, and any clouds of misunderstanding rolling away. > Again, we were coming together as one. Notice what the Eagle holds in his > talons. He holds an olive branch and arrows. This country wants peace, but > we will never be afraid to fight to preserve peace. The Eagle always wants > to face > the olive branch, but in time of war, his gaze turns toward the arrows. > They say that the number 13 is an unlucky number. This is almost a > worldwide belief. > You will usually never see a room numbered 13, or any hotels or motels with > a 13th floor. But, think about this: 13 original colonies, 13 stripes on > our flag, 13 steps on the Pyramid, 13 letters in the Latin above, 13 > letters in "E Pluribus Unum", 13 stars above the Eagle, 13 plumes of > feathers on each span of the Eagle's wing, 13 bars on that shield, 13 > leaves on the > olive branch, 13 fruits, and if you look closely, 13 arrows. And for > minorities: the 13th Amendment. > > Pass this on. Your children don't know this and their history teachers > don't know this. Too may veterans have given up too much to ever let the > meaning fade. Many veterans remember coming home to an America that didn't > care. Too many veterans never came home at all. Tell everyone what is on > the back of the one dollar bill and what it stands for, because nobody else > will. > >