The Great Seal of the United States - Symbolism and History #3730459 (License: Personal Use)

The Great Seal features a bald eagle clutching an olive branch (peace) in its right talon and thirteen arrows (war readiness) in its left, symbolizing the nation’s preference for peace but readiness to defend. Above the eagle is a radiant constellation of thirteen stars encircled by clouds, representing the original states under a new constellation of sovereignty, with the Latin motto “E Pluribus Unum” (“Out of Many, One”) on a scroll.

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