Happy Birthday to the Great Seal

On June 20, 1782, the United States Congress adopted the Great Seal of the United States after six long years of debate and discussion.


The front of the seal depicts a bald eagle clutching an olive branch in its right talon and arrows in its left. On its breast appears a shield marked with 13 vertical red and white stripes topped by a bar of blue.


The eagle's beak clutches a banner inscribed, E pluribus unum, a Latin phrase meaning "Out of Many One."


Above the eagle's head, golden rays burst forth, encircling 13 stars.


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