Secret meanings on a dollar bill
Posted: 8/25/2000 3:37:43 PM
By: Comfortably Anonymous
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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 balance - 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, 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 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 its  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  signers of the Declaration of Independence, 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.  

I always ask people, "Why don't you know this?" Your children don't know  this and their history teachers don't know this. Too many 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.
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