2007-08-21 05:24:05 · 10 answers · asked by ♣JªYs!ñ 3²™ 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Well actually it was a mistake... They actually were aiming for a circle, but no one could get it just right.
2007-08-21 05:27:34 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A five pointed shape is traditional for military forts that had to withstand direct assault (as opposed to artillery assaults) because, if you build gun points (turrets, etc.) at the points, you can look along the walls and shoot people at the walls without sticking out too far. A four sided fort requires the corner posts to stick out further to be able to look along the walls. If you look at plans of forts like West Point, you will find the pattern.
I also think that there was a legend that the 5 sides memorialized the 5 aspects of the military Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, Air Corps/Force.
2007-08-21 05:31:21 · answer #2 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
President Roosevelt did not want the view of Washington DC from Arlington Cemetery to be blocked, so the new office building was designed in the shape of a pentagon.
2007-08-21 05:28:40 · answer #3 · answered by ♪ Pamela ♫ 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Triangle?
2007-08-21 06:20:43 · answer #4 · answered by JůnəßůĢ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because its the pentagon?
2007-08-21 05:26:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Answerer number two hit the nail on the head! PAAAhahaha!!!
That was good!
2007-08-21 05:47:27 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So that Gomer Pyles's in it don't get lost.
2007-08-21 05:31:49 · answer #7 · answered by Numba 1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because the building is not the Hexagon?
2007-08-21 05:29:49 · answer #8 · answered by Gonzo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe they were in to pagan ideology!
2007-08-21 05:30:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its like a pentagram......it dosnt have to hide its evil...it shows it!!!
2007-08-21 05:30:53 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋