Message from @King Canuck
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yep
Yep!
I should save 'em
*puts on bathsuit*
I was continuing that here by show that the House chamber had different fasces until 1949-1950
down to <#383108664380227595> I go
we we’re talking about the architecture of the capital building, and then he posted an image of it that happened to be on inauguration day. And I remarked how it looked not unlike Wolfenstein.
Yup, the Wolfenstein bit reminded me of all the fasces all over the place in DC
The picture, for those just joining us
Decorations that would make the Roman Republic blush, I argue
It's during ceremonies like this that the US government shows its age as a government
A republic at that
Friendly reminder that the statue on top of the Capitol dome has a base surrounded by fasces https://www.aoc.gov/sites/default/files/styles/artwork-node/public/images/artwork/6082847594_dbd316af1a_b.jpg?itok=rFXUxFIj
@meratrix You could only see it from a distance in the House chambers image, but here's a closer up, albeit black-and-white, image of the Mace of the House of Representatives https://cao.scotfaulkner.com/sgtatarms/images/staff.gif
note the fasces base, and the globe with the American hemisphere facing forward
yannow something that didn't strike me until I was IN DC facing Congress
is how fuckin roman it looks
Yup, early America LOVED the Roman Republic
ditto to Lincoln memorial
Also note the similar cores of the fronts of the buildings representing all three branches of the US government
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Funny you say that, an early name of the Capitol building was the Temple of Liberty
with its later expansion being the Temple of Faith and Justice
but then there's Washington's monument
A fucking obelisk
In fact, the basement of the Capitol is called the Crypt
cooooool
And also yea like
eagles everywhere was a rome thing
Or a horus thing
eagles got the best gods
Here's the statue inside the Washington Monument: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/e4/ce/53e4ceb536269e23392b0c95ebd8dea4.jpg
note how George Washington is leaning on a fasces