Beneath the
pyramid, what does Novus Ordo Seclorum mean?
These
Latin words mean "New order of the ages." Charles Thomson, a
statesman involved in the design of The Great Seal of the United States,
proposed the phrase to signify the beginning of what he called "the new
American Era," which he said began in 1776 with the signing of the
Declaration of Independence.
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