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Regards, Bob... ------------------------------------------ Veritas vos Liberabit From: "Bob Walkden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] > I would have thought it more likely to have come along > with the fasces from Roman culture. The fasces is an axe bundled in a > bunch of rods and tied with a strap. They symbolize strength through > unity. It's another motif that pre-dates the Romans, but is widely > associated with them, and was widely used in Western culture before > the rise of fascism (etymology obvious). The Italian fascists admired > the Romans for obvious reasons, and co-opted a lot of their symbology, > including, I should think, the swastika. That seems to me to be a more > parsimonious explanation of the fascist swastika than the native American > explanation. [Yup, makes more sense.] > Here's a picture of some fasces from the USA: > http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/Virtual_Tours/Artifacts/bronze.php > > The Lincolm memorial also has some, supporting the arms of Lincoln's chair.
