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Posted on 08/06/2005 10:27:12 PM PDT by snippy_about_it
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 are acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated.
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 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY EMBLEM  Army Seal Background: Prior to the establishment of the Department of the Army Emblem, there was no official display item to identify the Army. The Army seal had traditionally been used to authenticate documents only and was not authorized for display. In recognizing the need to provide a display item, The Secretary of the Army approved the emblem design as the official emblem to represent the Army on 29 January 1974. Description: The Army emblem is derived from the Army seal and differs from the seal in several respects: a. The emblem is displayed in color while the seal is not. b. The emblem includes the inscription "Department of the Army" instead of the seal inscription "War Office". c. On the emblem, the American flag is on its own right (observers left) to reflect the current custom for display of flags. The Army flag pattern has been added to the other flag. d. The Roman numerals "MDCCLXXVIII" which indicate the date the Army seal was adopted, were replaced with the date "1775" to reflect the date the Army was established. Symbolism:The symbolism for the elements of the Army emblem is the same as for the Army seal with the above deviations and additions: The colors of the design elements are those traditionally associated with the ideals of the United States and of the Army. The flags are in proper colors. Blue is symbolic of loyalty, vigilance, perseverance, and truth. Red denotes courage, zeal, and fortitude. White alludes to deeds worthy of remembrance. Black is indicative of determination and constancy. Gold represents achievement, dignity, and honor. Current Usage:The reproduction of the Army emblem is authorized in publications and other printed matter of an official or quasi-official nature in Army approved films and in official Army motion pictures or television programs. The design may not be modified in any manner. It may be reproduced in its proper colors, through the use of a one-color line process, or as a line drawing. The use of the Army emblem for any other purposes, including its incorporation in other items for commercial sale, will be only as authorized by The Institute of Heraldry.      |
The Seal:
Background: The traditional seal used during and since the Revolution was redesignated as the Seal of the Department of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947. The Department of the Army seal is authorized by Section 3011, Title 10, United States Code. The date "MDCCLXXVIII" and the designation "War Office" are indicative of the origin of the seal. The date (1778) refers to the year of its adoption. The term "War Office" used during the Revolution, and for many years afterward, was associated with the Headquarters of the Army.
Description: In the center is a Roman cuirass below a vertical unsheathed sword, point up, the pommel resting on the neck opening of the cuirass and a Phrygian cap supported on the sword point, all between on the right an esponton and on the left a musket with fixed bayonet crossed in saltire behind the cuirass and passing under the sword guard. To the right of the cuirass and esponton is a flag of unidentified designs with cords and tassels, on a flagstaff with spearhead, above a cannon barrel, the muzzle end slanting upward behind the cuirass, in front of the drum, with two drumsticks and the fly end of the flag draped over the drumhead; below, but partly in front of the cannon barrel, is a pile of three cannon balls. To the left of the cuirass and musket is a national color of the Revolutionary War period, with cords and tassels, on a flagstaff with spearhead, similarly arranged above a mortar on a carriage, the mortar facing inward and in front of the lower portion of the color and obscuring the lower part of it; below the mortar are two bomb shells placed side by side. Centered above the Phrygian cap is a rattlesnake holding in its mouth a scroll inscribed "This We'll Defend." Centered below the cuirass are the Roman numerals "MDCCLXXVIII."
Symbolism: The central element, the Roman cuirass, is a symbol of strength and defense. The sword, esponton (a type of half-pike formerly used by subordinate officers), musket, bayonet, cannon, cannon balls, mortar, and mortar bombs are representative of Army implements. The drum and drumsticks are symbols of public notification of the Army's purpose and intent to serve the Nation and its people. The Phrygian cap (often called the Cap of Liberty) supported on the point of an unsheathed sword and the motto "This We'll Defend" on a scroll held by the rattlesnake is a symbol depicted on some American colonial flags and signifies the Army's constant readiness to defend and preserve the United States.
Current Usage: This "War Office" seal continues to be used to this day when legal certification is necessary to authenticate as "official" documents and records of the Department of the Army.
Wonderful picture, thanks CW.
see post #22. :-)
You're posting some awful pretty pics. This is a beauty.
LOL. Happy Birthday PE.
This is a French postage stamp, image is Marianne with the Red Cap. 
Hi miss Feather
Thanks,
but yer not gonna catch me dead in a goatee.
'zat mean I'm on the downward slope?
1942 Garrison Keillor PBS radio personality/legend in his own mind (Prairie Home Companion)PE's dad, stockton, CA (That's right, in The Big Valley)
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Fast forward 23 years
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1965 Happy birthday dad, it's an Engineer.
1965 Engineer#1 "What are you building?" Engineer#2 I don't really know, I've got this pile of junk I found over in the corner, so I thought I'd see if I counld make anything useful out of them." Engineer#1 "What's this?" Engineer#2 Oh that's an old 3k hard drive I found. I thought I could use it to control this thing..whatever it ends up being." Engineer#1 "I tell you I don't know what it is or what it does BUT it sure is UGLY!" Engineer#2 "I got to agree with you there. OH OH, here comes the boss, let's pretend we're doing something useful, like designing an atomic powered toilet paper dispenser." Happy Birthday Professional Engineer You're not 40, you're eighteen with 22 years experience.
ROFLMAO!!
Very cool pic!
KinderSisterSpankenTruppen joins the fray.
Sketch by Randy Toskin, VMA-142.
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