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The Great Seal of the United States — Transcript

by Americana Corner · 270 words · 56 segments · language en · Watch on YouTube
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  1. 0:08[Music]
  2. 0:10hello america
  3. 0:11tom hand here americana corner today we
  4. 0:14are discussing the great seal of the
  5. 0:17united states
  6. 0:19the work to create our great seal began
  7. 0:22on july 4th
  8. 0:241776 when congress formed a committee
  9. 0:27including john adams benjamin franklin
  10. 0:31and thomas jefferson to design an
  11. 0:33official seal for our new country
  12. 0:36this team submitted a design that
  13. 0:39included the latin motto e pluribus unum
  14. 0:43meaning
  15. 0:44out of many
  16. 0:45one
  17. 0:46in the eye of providence in a triangle
  18. 0:49signifying god was watching over us
  19. 0:53congress tabled this proposal and in
  20. 0:551780 formed a new committee led by
  21. 0:59francis hopkinson
  22. 1:01his drawing featured a shield with 13
  23. 1:04red and white stripes and 13 stars in a
  24. 1:08blue field
  25. 1:09and olive branches for peace and arrows
  26. 1:12for war
  27. 1:14still not satisfied
  28. 1:16congress convened a third committee in
  29. 1:171782
  30. 1:20their design introduced an eagle and an
  31. 1:23unfinished pyramid indicating america
  32. 1:26was still growing
  33. 1:29congress then gave all three proposals
  34. 1:31to charles thompson congress's secretary
  35. 1:34and asked him to consolidate the various
  36. 1:38concepts
  37. 1:40thompson selected elements from each
  38. 1:41proposal and created the front design we
  39. 1:45know today and added the two latin
  40. 1:48models found on the reverse of the seal
  41. 1:52his design was approved by congress on
  42. 1:55june 20th
  43. 1:571782
  44. 2:00so
  45. 2:01why should the great seal of the united
  46. 2:03states matter to us today
  47. 2:06our great seal along with our beautiful
  48. 2:09flag are the main symbols of america to
  49. 2:12the rest of the world
  50. 2:14its design provides a glimpse of where
  51. 2:17our founders were philosophically when
  52. 2:20they created our great nation
  53. 2:23until next time may your love of country
  54. 2:27lead you
  55. 2:28[Music]
  56. 2:38you

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