The Great Seal of the United States - Official National Symbol #97250 (License: Personal Use)

The Great Seal displays a bald eagle clutching an olive branch in its right talon and thirteen arrows in its left, representing the nation’s preference for peace but readiness to defend. Above the eagle is a radiant constellation of thirteen stars encircled by a glory, with the motto “E Pluribus Unum” on a scroll held in its beak. The shield on the eagle’s chest bears thirteen vertical stripes-seven red and six white-symbolizing the original colonies united under Congress.

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