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Symbol Description Year Image Source Flag: The Flag of California: Seal: The Great Seal of the State of California: Motto "Eureka" 1963 — Nicknames: Golden State 1968 — Song "I Love You, California" 1989 —
The Great Seal, or the Great Seal of the State of California as it is officially called, is the impression made on "all commissions, pardons and other public instruments to which the signature of the Governor is required" with the attestation of the Secretary of State; the impression, with or without "wafer," is made by a master die and counter die of an officially adopted design fixed in a ...
Pages in category "Symbols of California" ... Great Seal of California; Great Seal of the State of California; Grizzly bear; H. Hollywood Sign; I. I Love You, California;
In 2004, the seal was altered. A short time later, on May 25, 2004, the ACLU alleged that the seal's cross (a reference to the Hollywood Cross) was a violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. The Board's new seal had also voluntarily eliminated Pomona and the oil derricks, without references by the ACLU.
The following table displays the official flag, seal, and coat of arms of the 50 states, of the federal district, the 5 inhabited territories, and the federal government of the United States of America.
Seals of governors of the U.S. states are the primary symbols of the executive office of the governor in several states of the United States, similar in concept to the seal of the president of the United States and seal of the vice president of the United States.
The Seal of the City of Los Angeles is, since 1905, the official seal of the City of Los Angeles, a city located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. The escutcheon is encircled by the legal name of the city (City of Los Angeles) and year founded (1781). It was adopted on March 27, 1905, via Ordinance 10,834.
5 California. Toggle California subsection. 5.1 Counties. ... List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia – a list of state flags, seals and coats of arms;