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    Great Seal of the United States - Wikipedia

    • The coat of arms is used on official documents—including United States passports—military insignia, embassy placards, and various flags. The seal of the president of the United States is directly based on the Great Seal, and its elements are used in numerous government agency and state seals. See more

    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
    Largely … 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

    Great Seal of the United States - State Symbols USA
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    The Meaning of the Great Seal of The United States
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    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

    Notable depictions

    The Great Seal very quickly became a popular symbol of the country. It inspired both the flag of North Dakota and that of the US Virgin Islands (adopted in 1911 and 1921, respectively). Combined with the heraldic tra… See more

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