Fasces

This came up this evening, watching an old (delightful) "Jeeves & Wooster," where the symbol was used in conjunction with the "black shorts" movement in a set of episodes.

Also an interesting list of use of fasces in American symbolism. #ddtb

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[edit] Origin and symbolism. The traditional Roman fasces consisted of a bundle of birch rods, tied together with a red leather ribbon into a cylinder, and often including a bronze axe (or sometimes t…