“For nearly 250 years, we called the bald eagle the national bird when it wasn’t,” said Jack Davis, co-chair of the National ...

When the new Armstrong Student Center opened in 2014, one of its breathtaking focal points was The Great Seal, a 3-D version of the university seal, created with real objects and containing students' ...

The origin of the design comes from 1782, when the Continental Congress unveiled the design of the Great Seal of the United States of America. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams ...

The Great Seal of the United States bears the Latin phrase “E Pluribus Unum,” meaning “out of the many, one.” In 1776 it championed the union of the separate American colonies, a union severely ...

The powerful bird of prey was eventually added to the Great Seal but did not become America's official bird until Christmas Eve. Unlike most countries around the world, the United States has never ...