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The one </div> <div> dollar bill you're looking at first came off the </div> <div> presses in 1957 in its present design. This so-called </div> <div> paper money is in fact a cotton and linen blend, with </div> <div> red and blue minute silk fibers running through it. It </div> <div> is actually material.</div> <bR> <div> We've all washed it without it falling apart. A </div> <div> special blend of ink is used, the contents we will </div> <div> never know. It is overprinted with symbols and then it </div> <div> is starched to make it water resistant and pressed to </div> <div> give it that nice crisp look.</div> <bR> <div> If you look on the front of the bill, you will see </div> <div> the United States Treasury Seal. On the top you will </div> <div> see the scales for a balanced budget. In the center </div> <div> you have a carpenter's square, a tool used for an even </div> <div> cut.</div> <bR> <div> Underneath is the Key to the United States Treasury. </div> <div> That's all pretty easy to figure out, but what is on </div> <div> the back of that dollar bill is something we should </div> <div> all know.</div> <bR> <div> If you turn the bill over, you will see two circles. </div> <div> Both circles, together, comprise the Great Seal of the </div> <div> United States. The First Continental Congress </div> <div> requested that Benjamin Franklin and a group of men </div> <div> come up with a Seal. It took them four years to </div> <div> accomplish this task and another two years to get it </div> <div> approved.</div> <bR> <div> If you look at the left-hand circle, you will see a </div> <div> Pyramid. Notice the face is lighted, and the western </div> <div> side is dark. This country was just beginning.</div> <div> We had not begun to explore the West or decided what </div> <div> we could do for Western Civilization. The Pyramid is </div> <div> uncapped, again signifying that we were not even </div> <div> close to being finished. Inside the capstone you have </div> <div> the all-seeing eye, an ancient symbol for divinity. It </div> <div> was Franklin's belief that one man couldn't do it </div> <div> alone, but a group of men, with the help of God, could </div> <div> do anything.</div> <bR> <div> "IN GOD WE TRUST" is on this currency. The Latin </div> <div> above the pyramid, ANNUIT COEPTIS, means, "God has </div> <div> favored our undertaking."</div> <bR> <div> The Latin below the pyramid, NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, </div> <div> means, "a new order has begun." At the base of the </div> <div> pyramid is the Roman Numeral for 1776.</div> <div> If you look at the right-hand circle, and check it </div> <div> carefully, you will learn that it is on every National </div> <div> Cemetery in the United States. It is also on the </div> <div> Parade of Flags Walkway at the Bushnell, Florida </div> <div> National Cemetery, and is the centerpiece of most </div> <div> hero's monuments. Slightly modified, it is the seal of </div> <div> the President of the United States, and it is always </div> <div> visible whenever he speaks, yet very few people know </div> <div> what the symbols mean.</div> <bR> <div> The Bald Eagle was selected as a symbol for victory </div> <div> for two reasons: First, he is not afraid of a storm; </div> <div> he is strong, and he is smart enough to soar above it. </div> <div> Secondly, he wears no material crown. We had just </div> <div> broken from the King of England. Also, notice the </div> <div> shield is unsupported. This country can now stand on </div> <div> its own. At the top of that shield you have a white </div> <div> bar signifying congress, a unifying factor. We were </div> <div> coming together as one nation. In the Eagle's beak you </div> <div> will read, "E PLURIBUS UNUM", meaning, "one nation </div> <div> from many people".</div> <bR> <div> Above the Eagle, you have thirteen stars, </div> <div> representing the thirteen original colonies, and any </div> <div> clouds of misunderstanding rolling away. Again, we </div> <div> were coming together as one.</div> <bR> <div> Notice what the Eagle holds in his talons. He holds </div> <div> an olive branch and arrows. This country wants peace, </div> <div> but we will never be afraid to fight to preserve </div> <div> peace. The Eagle always wants to face the olive </div> <div> branch, but in time of war, his gaze turns toward the </div> <div> arrows.</div> <bR> <div> They say that the number 13 is an unlucky number. </div> <div> This is almost a worldwide belief. You will usually </div> <div> never see a room numbered 13, or any hotels or motels </div> <div> with a 13th floor. But think about this: 13 original </div> <div> colonies, 13 signers of the Declaration of </div> <div> Independence, 13 stripes on our flag, 13 steps on the </div> <div> Pyramid, 13 letters in the Latin above, 13 letters in </div> <div> "E Pluribus Unum", 13 stars above the Eagle, 13 bars </div> <div> on that shield, 13 leaves on the olive branch, 13 </div> <div> fruits, and if you look closely, 13 arrows. And, for </div> <div> minorities: the 13th Amendment.</div> <bR> <div> I always ask people, "Why don't you know this?" Your </div> <div> children don't know this, and their history teachers </div> <div> don't know this. Too many veterans have given up too </div> <div> much to ever let the meaning fade. Many veterans </div> <div> remember coming home to an America that didn't care. </div> <div> Too many veterans never came home at all.</div> <div> Share this page with everyone, so they can learn what </div> <div> is on the back of the UNITED STATES ONE DOLLAR BILL, </div> <div> and what it stands for... Otherwise, they will </div> <div> probably never know...</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>