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Indeed it has, D'art. Where I got the idea that it was associated with a square wheel, I'll never know, nor did I know that the symbol existed before Hitler. Just ticks me off that I can't find the short story with the title "How Beautiful Are thy Feet Wearing Shoes" and I run across this tidbit.

In ancient times the swastika was common in both the old and new worlds. With the ends of its crossbars bent to the right, as on Laguna Dam, the swastika was a symbol of the sun, fire and lighting for peoples from Scandinavia to India and on to China.

In German mythology the swastika (usually represented in rotary fashion) was the fire whisk that twirled the earth into existence. To Buddhists it represented resignation or the wheel of the law. Later it came to symbolize life or good luck around the world. It decorated the shields of Crusaders in the middle ages and even today can be found over the doorways of public houses in Korea.

A swastika, on the other hand, with the crossbars bent to the left was considered a bad luck symbol to some nations. As an example, to Hindus it symbolized night or destruction.

Swastikas have also been found in the monumental remains of ancient Americans, including objects taken from old burial mounds within the United States. Similar art is also known to have been used by various Indian tribes up to the present century.
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During its early years the United States Bureau of Reclamation used the swastika for its symbol. The swastikas on Laguna Dam are a legacy of that period.