Great Seal of North Carolina | Official State Symbol & Historical Meaning #187041 (License: Personal Use)

The seal features two allegorical figures: Liberty, standing and holding a pole topped with a Phrygian cap and a scroll labeled “CONSTITUTION,” and Plenty, seated beside a cornucopia overflowing with fruits and grains. In the background, a three-masted ship sails on coastal waters, with the dates “MAY 20, 1775” (Mecklenburg Declaration) and “APRIL 12, 1776” (Halifax Resolves) inscribed above and below, respectively. The Latin motto “ESSE QUAM VIDERI” (“To Be Rather Than to Seem”) encircles the base.

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