To: FReepers
Proposed Seal for the United States
On July 4, 1776, Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams "to bring in a device for a seal for the United States of America." Franklin's proposal adapted the biblical story of the parting of the Red Sea . Jefferson first recommended the "Children of Israel in the Wilderness, led by a Cloud by Day, and a Pillar of Fire by night. . . ." He then embraced Franklin's proposal and rewrote it. Jefferson's revision of Franklin's proposal was presented by the committee to Congress on August 20. Although not accepted these drafts reveal the religious temper of the Revolutionary period. Franklin and Jefferson were among the most theologically liberal of the Founders, yet they used biblical imagery for this important task.
Donate86 posted on
10/20/2011 12:51:38 PM PDT by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: DJ MacWoW
87 posted on
10/20/2011 12:58:18 PM PDT by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: DJ MacWoW
Beautiful!
(I hope you get warm soon.)
442 posted on
10/20/2011 10:09:49 PM PDT by
little jeremiah
(We will have to go through hell to get out of hell.)
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