Who Would Be King Of America?
Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak did the research for who would have been king of America:
My head hurts, and it has every right to. I’ve just come up for air after trying to determine the king or queen of America. Yes, I know we have no monarchy. But for the purpose of my exercise, that’s really just a technicality.
Here’s why: George Washington, our first president, was once encouraged to become America’s first king instead. Responding to Colonel Lewis Nicola, a Frenchman who served on the American side during the Revolutionary War and suggested Washington assume the crown, Washington retorted:
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My head hurts, and it has every right to. I’ve just come up for air after trying to determine the king or queen of America. Yes, I know we have no monarchy. But for the purpose of my exercise, that’s really just a technicality.
Here’s why: George Washington, our first president, was once encouraged to become America’s first king instead. Responding to Colonel Lewis Nicola, a Frenchman who served on the American side during the Revolutionary War and suggested Washington assume the crown, Washington retorted:
In short, Washington wasn’t so keen on the idea. But for those among us who like to play historical what-ifs, this is a biggie. Who would be sitting on America’s throne today if Washington had been king?Let me conjure for you, then, if you have any regard for your Country, concern for yourself or for posterity, or respect for me, to banish these thoughts from your mind and never communicate, as from yourself or any one else, a sentiment of the like nature.
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I believe the throne to the American Kingdom passes thru the only county that has donated a National Landmark to the United States. Our Lady, the Statue of Liberty, which was donated by France.
ROYALTY
THE INSTITUTION OF ROYALTY is highly symbolic. Many Asian Courts were laid out as microcosms of the universe, with the throne, at the center of the palace, representing the sacred mountain at the axis of the world. A King had four (4) Chief Queens and four (4) Chief Ministers, symbolizing North, South, East, and West. The health of the nation and the land depended on his health. In parts of Africa and Southern India the King was ritually sacrificed while still strong and virile, so that the shedding of his blood might renew the fertility of the soil and thus ensure the well-being of his people. Kings have been widely believed to rule by divine right, and in some cultures to be semi-divine.
The King is the ultimate symbol of power. Traditionaly the monarch was surrounded by courtiers, who had the same function as the heavenly beings surrounding GOD. He was thus seen by his subjects as an earthly counterpart of GOD and a symbolic link between heavenly and earthly power. The King is also a symbol of consciousness, the ruler over our unconscious urges.
Many games are based on the balance of power and involve Kings, Queens, Courtiers, and Armies. The object of the game can be defeat the other players by conquering their court and army, or to build up a royal power base with which to trump one's opponents.