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Message:: [QUOTE="De Orc, post: 295019, member: 4408"]Here is a little list that took me a few moments to compile LOL The fasces in the United States of America In the Oval Office, above the door leading to the exterior walkway, and above the corresponding door on the opposite wall, which leads to the White House Chief of Staff's office.  the regimental crest of the U.S. 71st Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard consisted of a gold fasces set on a blue background. The reverse of the United States "Mercury" dime (minted from 1916 to 1945) bears the design of a fasces and an olive branch. Two fasces appear on either side of the flag of the United States in the United States House of Representatives, representing the power of the House and the country. The Mace of the United States House of Representatives, designed to resemble fasces, consists of thirteen ebony rods bound together in the same fashion as the fasces, topped by a silver eagle on a globe. The official seal of the United States Senate has as one component a pair of crossed fasces. Fasces ring the base of the Statue of Freedom atop the United States Capitol building. A frieze on the facade of the Supreme Court building depicts the figure of a Roman Centurion holding a fasces, to represent "order" At the Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln's seat of state bears the fasces on the fronts of its arms, Fasces also appear on the pylons flanking the main staircase leading into the memorial. Four fasces flank the two bronze plaques on either side of the bust of Lincoln memorializing his Gettysburg Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The fasces appears on the state seal of Colorado, USA, beneath the "All-seeing eye" (or Eye of Providence) and above the mountains and mines. On the seal of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, a figure carries a fasces; the seal appears on the borough flag. Used as part of the Knights of Columbus emblem (designed in 1883). Many local police departments use the fasces as part of their badges and other symbols. For instance, the top border of the Los Angeles Police Department badge features a fasces. (1940) Fascese elsewhere On the front cover of French passports and as part of the French National Emblem Coat of Arms of the Spanish Guardia Civil Norwegian & Swedish Police forces have double fasces in their logos The Gold mining community in Victoria Australia had it on there flag Canton of St Gallen has it as a coat of arms, as does  Norte de Santander, a department of Colombia The coat of arms of the city of Cucuta in Colombia It appears on flags from Ecuador & Switzerland A coin of Postumius Albinus c81 Bc And yes it appered on Facist regalia not only in Italy but also in Britain but it was a symbol of Anciant Rome that Mussolini decided would do to show the power of his new rome to the world[/QUOTE]

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