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- Granite base
- Ornamentation: paired fasces and ribbon and swag
Fasces:
- From the Latin word "fascis," meaning "bundle"
- Symbolize summary power and jurisdiction, and/or strength
through unity
- The traditional Roman fasces consisted of a bundle of
white birch rods, tied together with a red leather ribbon into a cylinder, and including
a bronze ax amongst the rods, with the blade on the side
- Symbolism: It has been suggested that since the rods
in a bundle are harder to break, or harder for the ax to cut, the fasces symbolizes
the message "United we stand." Alternately, the rods represent the authority
to punish citizens, the ax represents the authority to execute them, and the ribbons
represent the restraint of that authority.
- See also: Fasces
in the City Hall Common Council Chamber and the
portico
columns
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