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To: null and void

The bald eagle is not supposed to carry an olive branch.


2 posted on 07/04/2007 7:29:03 AM PDT by slowhand520
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To: slowhand520
On the ‘Great Seal’ the Eagle has both olive branches and arrows (as shown in the image.)
6 posted on 07/04/2007 7:31:50 AM PDT by mnehring (Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit)
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To: slowhand520

You better alert the US Mint then. Look on the back of your dollar bills.


8 posted on 07/04/2007 7:34:12 AM PDT by nhoward14
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To: slowhand520
The bald eagle is not supposed to carry an olive branch.

Yes, it is. Olive branches held by one talon...arrows by the other, showing that as a nation we offer peace and friendship, but are also ready to defend ourselves against those who would attack.

13 posted on 07/04/2007 7:37:00 AM PDT by B Knotts (Anybody but Giuliani!)
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To: slowhand520
The bald eagle is not supposed to carry an olive branch.

Oh?

16 posted on 07/04/2007 7:39:15 AM PDT by null and void (A large gov't agency is more expensive than a smaller agency with the same mission, yet does less)
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To: slowhand520; NormsRevenge; nickcarraway; SmithL
The bald eagle is not supposed to carry an olive branch.

That's the top of the Stanford Pine Tree.

26 posted on 07/04/2007 7:49:20 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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