Before telephones and intercontinental telegraph lines, official seals were needed to authenticate documents for governments. If a diplomat arrived from say Europe, the only way to verify his credentials or the documents he carried was to check the seals stamped on them. So every government needed an official seal. The seal is
a pressing device that makes impressions on paper or wax. The impressions are also referred to a seals. The great seal of the US was adopted in by the continental congress and remained as the seal of the new United States.
See the related link or a 1-dollar bill for a picture of it. It features an eagle in the back and a pyramid on the front.
The great seal in controlled by the secretary of state, The president has his own seal which is similar to the eagle of the great seal.
The bald eagle is on the Great Seal of the United States.
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.
The reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States depicts the numeral MDCCLXXVI, which is 1776, signifying the Declaration of Independence.
Great seal of the united states
in god we trust
The "Great Seal of the United States" was designed by Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress.
The Great Seal of the United States and the word ONE
The Continental Congress approved the final version of The Great Seal of the United States in 1782. The seal is used for things like commissions and treaties.
The Great Seal of the United States says, "E Pluirbus Unum" which is Latin for "From Many, One" (from many states one union is formed).
The 13 stars on the Great Seal of the United States represent the original 13 colonies that formed the nation. They symbolize unity and independence among the states.
The eagle is the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States. The pyramid is the reverse side of the Seal.
The eagle is the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States. The pyramid is the reverse side of the Seal.