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There are three mottoes on the seal:

  • E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one)
  • Annuit Coeptis (Providence favors our undertakings)
  • Novus Ordo Seclorum (A new order of the ages)
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Who made the great seal?

The original motto of the US was "E Pluribus Unum" which is Latin for "One from many." It refers to the joining of a single federal national government with individual state governments. In 1776, congress appointed a committee to design a Great Seal for the US. The first design used the E Pluribus Unum motto but it was rejected by Congress. In 1782, the Secretary of Congress was asked to complete the Great Seal project and he produced a design that included an eagle with a heart shaped shield holding arrows and an olive branch. In a scroll held in the eagle's beak was the motto, "E Pluribus Unum" and Congress accepted the design. The Great Seal was first used on 16 September 1782.


What famous words appear on the great seal of the United States?

E Pluribus Unum "Out of many, one"E pluribus unum (obverse) Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum (reverse)


What does the Great American Seal mean?

The Great Seal of the United States is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the United States federal government. The phrase is used both for the physical seal itself (which is kept by the United States Secretary of State), and more generally for the design impressed upon it. The Great Seal was first used publicly in 1782. The design on the obverse of the great seal is the national coat of arms of the United States.[1] It is officially used on documents such as United States passports, military insignia, embassy placards, and various flags. As a coat of arms, the design has official colors; the physical Great Seal itself, as affixed to paper, is monochrome. Since 1935, both sides of the Great Seal appear on the reverse of the one-dollar bill. 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.


What does Nebraska's state flag mean?

The Great Seal of Nebraska has views of the land's natural riches, the Rocky Mountains and the Missouri River. The sheaves of wheat and settler's cabin represent the state's agriculture and the blacksmith represents Nebraska's industry. The westbound train and the steamboat represent transportation. Across the top of the mountains Nebraska's state motto appears: Equality before the Law. Circling the whole scene is a band, which has Great Seal of the State of Nebraska, March 1st 1867 written in it. This is the date Nebraska was admitted to the union of the United States.


What do the arrows represent on the great seal?

The 13 arrows on the great seal symbolize the 13 colonies and how they were forged out of war