Founding Fathers and Money Pt. VII: Heidi Montag Edition

April 22, 2010

Has vanity struck the Founding Fathers? Newsweek reports that the famous  faces on American paper currency are looking a little more plastic and a little less naturale these days…

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Founding Fathers and Money Pt VI: In God We Trust

March 20, 2009

http://www.flickr.com/photos/superfem/Though it did not become the official U.S. motto until 1956, the phrase In God We Trust owes its appearance on U.S. coins, in part, to Civil War America, when increased religious sentiment called for some type of acknowledgement be added to coins.

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TJ and Money Pt. I

January 2, 2009

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/In light of our country’s recent financial woes, perhaps we find it interesting the fact that co-architect of liberty, whose genius and vision and courage fill the cornerstone of the foundation of this country died broke.

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