Unusual find

CavScoutEurope · 11-10-2011, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

Where exactly is it visible?

It is on the second floor of the museum near the aircraft. It was replaced right before the St. Lewis's famous flight. It is in the inside of the cone.

ithacaartist · 11-11-2011, 11:32 AM

Wikipedia is generally a good statring place for research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
I've heard the reference to Native Americans before. I don't believe it is accurate, unless connected by migration of Asian people across the Pacific, estimated to have taken place around 20,000 years ago--neolithic period.
Follow a link or two within the main article to find out more about use of the swastica in the early 20th century, in different countries and cultures...
Definitely a symbol "ruined" by its Nazi use. Too bad, because it's simple, symmetrical, and high contrast; it really "grabs the eye" as a graphic.
David Parker

11-11-2011, 11:32 AM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 7,447 Thanked 2,613 Times in 1,380 Posts	More confusion about red dot v. tomahawk? Wikipedia is generally a good statring place for research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika I've heard the reference to Native Americans before. I don't believe it is accurate, unless connected by migration of Asian people across the Pacific, estimated to have taken place around 20,000 years ago--neolithic period. Follow a link or two within the main article to find out more about use of the swastica in the early 20th century, in different countries and cultures... Definitely a symbol "ruined" by its Nazi use. Too bad, because it's simple, symmetrical, and high contrast; it really "grabs the eye" as a graphic. David Parker