So the modern Presidential Seal can be traced back to the coat-of-arms first created by Charles Thompson in 1782 for the Great Seal of the newly independent United States of America.

The Great Seal of the United States is a powerful national emblem, symbolizing the country’s sovereignty and authority. Used to authenticate important documents, such as treaties and commissions ...

Joseph Sohm // Shutterstock What state seals say about America and what they don’t. The United States of America isn’t short on symbols that evoke a sense of national patriotism—from “the ...

Back in 1777, the Second Continental Congress resolved, "the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing ...

Along with an official flower and motto, every state has its own official bird. But flying high above them all is the bald eagle, representing the United States of America.