Recently learned about this on History Detectives. More evidence of the kind of crap we have to deal with because of the mixing of religion and politics and our puritanical heritage...
The 1916 Lady Liberty coin featured a design of Lady Liberty exposing one breast. There was outrage of this being "obscene" and in 1917 the breast was covered in a coat of mail. I wonder if John Ashcroft's relatives were involved with this controversy?
The 1916-1917 Standing Liberty Quarters - Lady Liberty Exposed - The Bare-Breasted Liberty Coin - Standing Liberty Naked Coin
1917 Bare-Breasted Lady Liberty Coin Shunned by Puritanical Americans
0 TrackBacks
Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: 1917 Bare-Breasted Lady Liberty Coin Shunned by Puritanical Americans.
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://juxtaposition.axley.net/blog-bin/mt-tb.cgi/752
Bookmooch!
«« December 2010
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Contact: Jason Axley
Search
Recent Posts
- Christmas Car Break-in
- ABC News poll on TSA scanners misleading
- Skepticblog ยป Get Fed Up: Report Medical Quackery to the FDA
- Google Voice Chat QoS
- Understanding Atheists/Agnostics
- Favorite new Android apps
- Rooting and Optimizing the Sprint HTC Hero (CDMA)
- Taxonomy of Blue Angels Haters: What kind of hater are you?
- Stupid Android market bug STILL affects 2.1 OS
- AT&T Leaks email addresses of 114,000 iPad users
Leave a comment