It is said that the number 13 is an unlucky number. You will usually never see a hotel or motel room numbered 13 or hotels with a 13th floor. This is a very uncommon sports jersey number as well. And it probably goes on.
But consider this: There were 13 original colonies, 13 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 13 stripes on our flag.
On our dollar bill there are 13 steps on the Pyramid, 13 letters in the Latin above, 13 letters in “E Pluribus Unum,” 13 stars above the eagle, 13 plumes of feathers on each span of the Eagle’s wing, 13 bars on the shield, 13 leaves on the olive branch, 13 fruits, and 13 arrows. And a blessing for all Americans in the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
The symbolism goes on as you look more closely at the dollar bill. “In God We Trust” is on this currency. The Latin above the pyramid, Annuit Coeptis, means “God has favored our undertaking.” The Latin below the pyramid, Novus Ordo Seclorum, means “A new order has begun.” At the base of the pyramid is the Roman Numeral for 1776. Inside the capstone of the pyramid is the all-seeing eye, the ancient symbol for divinity.
Benjamin Franklin said that one man couldn’t do the great undertaking of creating a new nation alone, but a group of men, with the help of God, could do anything.
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