Message-ID: <14601144.1075861921136.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 05:39:59 -0800 (PST) From: anne_heard@ryderscott.com To: marie.heard@enron.com Subject: FW: The US One Dollar Bill Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: "Heard, Anne" @ENRON X-To: Heard, Marie X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \MHEARD (Non-Privileged)\Heard, Marie\Inbox X-Origin: Heard-M X-FileName: MHEARD (Non-Privileged).pst -----Original Message----- From: Fred Ziehe [mailto:fziehe@houston.rr.com] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 9:58 AM To: Campbell, Phil & Mary; Larry Connor; Deschner, Everett; Falke, Scott; Heard, Anne; Judy Klussmann; John Marvin; McGlothlin, Kim; Morkel, Cookie; Barbara Robertson; David (Office) Ziehe; Hambly, Eric; Dick Rains; Doug McBride; Jeffrey Wilson; Joe Blankenship; Mike Stell; Susan DeFork; Shelly Bidvia; Glenn, Ramona; Wells, Kirby Subject: FW: The US One Dollar Bill To all: I thought this was well worth sending on. Make it a good one! Fred Z. >THE UNITED STATES ONE DOLLAR BILL > > >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 a balanced budget. >In >the center you have a carpenter's 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 uncapped, 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 very few people know 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. > >It is said 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 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. > >Share this page with everyone, so they can learn what is on the back of >the >UNITED STATES ONE DOLLAR BILL, and what it stands for... Otherwise, they >will probably never know... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp