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Posted on 07/03/2005 7:54:27 AM PDT by snippy_about_it
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 are acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated.
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 The Great Seal is Finalized – June 20, 1782 Charles Thomson Creates the Final Design of the Great Seal On June 13, 1782, Charles Thomson was given the task of coming up with a suitable device for America's Great Seal. With the reports and drawings of the three committees before him, he set to work. Two days earlier, British forces had evacuated Savannah, Georgia, and the final eastern seaboard engagement of the War would be on August 27. Fifty-three at the time, Thomson had served the past eight years as Secretary of the Continental Congress where he acquired a reputation for fairness, truth, and integrity. Well-versed in the classics, he was once a Latin master at a school in Philadelphia. Although not a well-known founder, Charles Thomson was at the heart of the American Revolution. His story is a fascinating one. Thomson incorporated symbolic elements from all three committees into his final design. For the obverse side of the Great Seal, he made the American bald eagle the centerpiece. He placed the shield upon the eagle's breast, but without the traditional figures on either side that normally support a shield. His original sketch is shown here. He gave the eagle its olive branch and bundle of arrows – symbolic elements from the second committee's designs. In the eagle's beak, he placed a scroll with the first committee's motto: E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One). For the crest above the eagle's head, Thomson used the a radiant constellation of thirteen stars suggested by the second committee. He described the light rays as "breaking through a cloud." For the reverse side of the Great Seal, Thomson's design reflects both the first committee's "Eye of Providence in a radiant Triangle" and the third committee's pyramid and eye. He created two new mottoes: "Novus Ordo Seclorum" (A New Order of the Ages) and "Annuit Coeptis" (Providence has Favored Our Undertakings). After consulting with Barton (who suggested vertical stripes for the shield), Thomson submitted his report to Congress on June 20, 1782. His design was approved that same day. Read the Official Description of the Great Seal of the United States along the Remarks and Explanation Thomson included in his report. It is important to know that Charles Thomson did not include his sketch or any other artwork in his final report to Congress. In its purest form, the Great Seal exists only as a written description.      |
Morning sweets. Providence has always and will always play a role in our great nation. It's clear to anyone with open eyes, imo. Sadly though I see the ideas of our Founding Fathers being destroyed on a daily basis with barely any hope of us keeping this Republic.
Good afternoon
Good morning Gail.
You can't go wrong in studying The Classics.
Gotta deal with laweyrs? Maybe this tie from
http://www.soitenlystooges.com/item.asp?sku=SGTX25&page=
will be helpfull...
A Soitenly Bump for the Lazy Sunday edition of the Freeper Foxhole
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Good morning feather.
That's sounds horrible. Good.
I read this yesterday while researching Samuel Adams. What a shame Thomson destroy these papers.
LOL. You are hot today!
To all our military men and women past and present, military family members, and to our allies who stand beside us
Thank You!
Afternoon!
Hiya Darksheare!
*HUGZ*
Good afternoon, radu.
*Hugs!*
Been trying to learn how to make maps in Doom3.
It is similar to WorldCraft3 for Half-Life, but massively different in functions.
Howdy ms. feather!
How are things up your way? Still hotter 'n Hades?
It's right toasty down here. A few thunderstorms have popped up all around but all have missed the farm......so far.
LOL! All that went ... ZIP ... right over my lil head.
OOps, sorry.
*embarrassed*
Gorgeous weather these last 2 days, in the 70s, just perfect. Last night the temps went way down into the low 60s, great sleeping.
Heck, don't be embarrassed.
I'm the one who's a computer dummy. LOL!!
Whatever it is you're doing, it sounds interesting.
I'm still trying to figure out Paint Shop Pro. Just don't have enough time to sit down and really study it.
The programs you're working with sound even more complicated. eeeeeek!
Not so complicated as they are involved.
They are pretty straightforward, but there are dozens of commands to learn before you can even build a simple wall.
Ooooh MAN! Send some of the weather down here!!! LOL! Sounds awesome!
Our highs have been in the 90s and the lows in the upper-70s for well over a week now. Add 110% humidity to that and it's unbearable. gack!!
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