To: Bryanw92
Italian Fascist symbol:
Fascist symbol on reverse of Mercury Dime:
For historical context (and possible photoshopping).
81 posted on
09/05/2016 9:05:26 AM PDT by
PLMerite
(Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: PLMerite
>>Fascist symbol on reverse of Mercury Dime:
Back in the 20s and 30s, the US government and intelligentsia were enamored with the Progressive forward-thinking of people like Franco, Mussolini, and Hitler. They had found the “new way” to a bright future.
120 posted on
09/05/2016 10:16:35 AM PDT by
Bryanw92
(If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
To: PLMerite
The tied bundle of sticks with the blade of an axe visible is called a fasces, and symbolized the power and jurisdiction of a magistrate. As a symbol, it it still used today.
Note the fasces on the front of the armrest in Lincoln's monument:
126 posted on
09/05/2016 10:33:45 AM PDT by
Crolis
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