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What did the carving of the half-sun from George Washington chair meant?
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George Washington used this chair for nearly three months of the Federal Convention's continuous sessions. James Madison reported Benjamin Franklin saying, "I have often looked at that behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now I... know that it is a rising...sun." the chair became symbolic because of Franklin's comment in references to great things to come for our nation
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