Obviously this is a shot from the floor of Congress. Notice you have the American flag, and on either side of the flag you have what appears to be a bundle of sticks with an axe tied together. Do you know what these are called and what it represents? This is also featured on the US dime:
for some reason i have never noticed that I would guess a fraternal order of some kind, but i have no idea
So it doesn’t symbolize the great american pioneer spirit a la Oh, Pioneers! What a big surprise Hotwater
but we can't still embrace the swastica as well, because people get all up in arms about nazis, even though the nazis simply commandeered an existing (and in many cultures holy) symbol oh well, guess we can have our stupid axe-and-stick bundles
