13 Steps On The Pyramid Essay

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People have a belief that the pyramid with the eye symbolizes the illuminati. But is that true? The truth is the pyramid doesn’t mean the illuminati. The illuminati is just a theory to scare people but it actually means strength and duration. The pyramid with the eye above it haves good meanings to it. The 13 steps on the pyramid means the 13 colonies and they put the eye to symbolize that god is always watching.

The pyramid was designed by William Barton. William had the idea to add thirteen steps on the pyramid. Thomas asked William to design something that will say strength and duration. That’s why they choose a pyramid that is unfinished. Above the eye they’re are words “Annuit Coeptis” that means “god has favored our undertaking”. The pyramid is actually on the back side, on the front is an eagle. (Bill Nelson. Paragraph 7)

The eagle has a little more meanings than the pyramid. They chose an eagle to represent strength. The reason the eagle
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The Continental Congress were the first ones to create the Great Seal. On July 4th when the United States designed the seal and the Declaration of Independence has gotten adopted, which is what they called it. The second Congress told Francis Hopkinson and he created the flag but asked him to create the seal but his designs also got rejected. ( authors name couldn’t be found)

History behind the Great Seal is interesting. They wanted the first design to be a red sea before Moses and the Israelites. And the motto was different they wanted it to say “rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God” this design was created by Thomas Jefferson. In the year 1934 there was a secretary named Henry A. Wallace and he was waiting for a meet with the secretary of State Cordell Hull. As he was observing the letter and the dollar bill he said he was struck because the reverse side was never used. ( John D. MacArthur paragraph

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