Great Seal of the State of Iowa - Official State Symbol #3310922 (License: Personal Use)

The Great Seal of Iowa features a bald eagle clutching a banner with the state motto, a soldier holding the U.S. flag amid farmland, tools, a log cabin, a steamboat, and a smoking factory chimney-symbolizing agriculture, defense, settlement, and industry. The outer ring bears the inscription “The Great Seal of the State of Iowa,” and decorative floral motifs anchor the design at the bottom. Adopted upon statehood in 1846, it embodies Iowa’s identity as a frontier state valuing freedom and progress.

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