Ok i am setting up a display at our local library. and i am getting conflicting information, in the liberty capped bust series and or the barber series is liberty wearing a Phrygian cap ? She is definitely wearing some kind of cap but some sites suggest it is just a style of the times to wear that cap. Our coinage is full of symbolism and i can't believe it is a fashion statement. .
Hello, My understanding is that both Reich's and Barber's designs feature the goddess of Liberty wearing a Phrygian cap.
yea , i believe so the site that mentioned this looked very professional but i also noticed they mis translated E Pluribus Unum. So unless i get some credible decent here i am going to stick with what i believe to be true.
The Phrygian cap was worn by former slaves who had been liberated by their masters in ancient Rome and Greece and therefore has come to symbolize liberty.Brutus used it on his "Ides of March" coin commemorating the assassination of Caesar and the "supposed" return of liberty to Rome. Here is a good article...with pictures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_cap and an even better one: http://www.languedoc-france.info/06141204_libertycap.htm
Which is the reason the statue of Lady Liberty on top of the Capital dome doesn't wear one. When that dome was being planned and built, the Secretary of War (in charge of much of the work) was none other than Jefferson Davis. Yes, THAT Jefferson Davis. He didn't want our country indicating a positive attitude towards the freeing of slaves, so he has Lady Liberty in some sort of starry cap.
A lot of people don't realize it because of all the design elements on them,but the Liberty on Morgan dollars is wearing the perfect Phrygian cap with the bent forward tip (think Smurfs).It's tends to go unnoticed among the crown,leaves,wheat,cotton blossoms,hair etc.
Yep, the hat of the free, but as to the mistranslation that's left up to personal opinion. However it was replaced with In God we Trust as the National Motto in 1956. Bone
Very true, very true, but according to: http://www.answers.com/topic/e-pluribus-unum In 1956, "In God We Trust" replaced E pluribus unum as the national motto according to United States Code, Title 36, Section 302. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the resolution into law on 30 July 1956 [1]. The key is 'National Motto.' Take Care B
The Army's seal has a Phrygian cap on the end of a sword, literally meaning that they secure liberty and freedom at the point of the sword.
Wow great replies, loved reading it, but i though that In God We Trust was added in as another official motto not superseded by anything.
The Statue on the Capital Building is NOT Lady Liberty, it is the statue of Freedom and her cap would probably also considered a Phrygian cap. The three stars on her cap probably represent the three branches of our government.
