LCD Keypad Shield

This is the LCD Keypad Shield for Arduino with the 1602 16x2 LCD screen and 6 buttons. I modeled the part I bought from Sainsmart. Before purchasing a LCD character shield, it's best to determine of it was assembled correctly. As it turns out, mine hadn't. See the "Sainsmart 1602 LCD shield causes sketch to run incorrectly" thread at http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=158367