Seal of Florida
Great Seal of the State of Florida | |
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Historical coat of arms (1876) | |
Armiger | State of Florida |
Adopted | 1985 |
Motto | In God We Trust |
Earlier version(s) | |
Use | Former Floridian state seal, used until 1985. |
The Great Seal of the
The seal features a shoreline on which a
History
The Florida Legislature in 1868 specified in a joint resolution the design of Florida's first seal. "The Resolution specified that the seal had to be the size of an American silver dollar. It also stated that the seal should contain the sun's rays, a cocoa tree, a steamboat, and a female Indian scattering flowers. These images were to be circled by the words 'Great Seal of the State of Florida: In God We Trust.'"
Several changes have occurred on the seal over the years. The Indian woman no longer has a feathered headdress, which female Seminoles did not wear. "A mountain in the background has been flattened (Florida has no mountains). The steamboat has been revised a few times. And a sabal palm has been transplanted in place of the original cocoa tree to reflect the state's adoption of the Sabal palmetto palm as the official state tree in 1953. The latest revisions took place in 1985."[2]
Use of the seal
The
Government seals of Florida
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Seal of the Florida House of Representatives
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Seal of the Florida Senate
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Seal of the Supreme Court of Florida
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Seal of the Florida Department of Transportation
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Security guards around the Great Seal of Florida - Tallahassee, Florida
References
- ISBN 9780615894058.
- ^ "Great Seal of Florida". Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ a b c "2013 Florida Statutes". Retrieved September 3, 2013.
- ^ Rule 1-2.0021, Florida Administrative Code