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  1. Adopted1782
    CrestA glory Or, breaking through a cloud proper, surrounding an azure field bearing a constellation of thirteen stars argent
    Shieldofficially: Paleways of 13 pieces, argent and gules; a chief, azure · heraldically: Argent, 6 pales gules, a chief azure
    Overview

    The Great Seal is the seal of the United States. The phrase is used both for the impression device itself, which is kept by the United States secretary of state, and more generally for the impression it produces. The … See more

    Obverse

    The obverse (or front) of the seal depicts the full achievement of the national coat of arms.
    The 1782 resolution of Congress adopting the arms, still in force, legally blazoned the shield as: … See more

    Reverse

    The 1782 resolution adopting the seal blazons the image on the reverse as "A pyramid unfinished. In the zenith an eye in a triangle, surrounded by a glory, proper." The pyramid is conventionally shown as consisting … See more

    Origin

    On July 4, 1776, the same day that independence from Great Britain was declared by the thirteen colonies, the Continental Congress named the first committee to design a Great Seal, or national em… See more

     
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