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The Great Seal of Vermont, designed by Ira Allen, prominently features Vermont's motto "Freedom & Unity". The motto Freedom and Unity in a stained glass window depicting the Vermont coat of arms. "Freedom and Unity" is the official motto of the U.S. state of Vermont. The motto was first adopted in 1788 for use on the Great Seal of the Vermont ...
A natural companion and frequent visitor to the state flower, the honey bee was chosen for its agricultural benefits, and for being a "social" insect and representing the unity side of Vermont's state motto Freedom and Unity. Vermont named two official state fish by Joint Resolution of the Vermont General Assembly in 1978 and statute in 2011 ...
The state flag of Vermont displays the state's coat of arms and motto ("Freedom and Unity") on a rectangular blue background. The Vermont General Assembly adopted the flag on June 1, 1923. Multiple versions of the flag have been used throughout history. Originally, the flag was the flag of the Green Mountain Boys.
The passage "Freedom & Unity"—Vermont's state motto—is centered below the state name. The motto is central to the Vermont ideal of balancing personal freedom with the individual's responsibility to their community. The seal was first used by the government of the independent Vermont Republic as it existed prior to admission to the Union.
Vermont: Freedom and Unity — English February 20, 1779 [65] Stella quarta decima fulgeat: May the fourteenth star shine bright Latin: April 10, 2015 [66] [67] Virginia: Sic semper tyrannis: Thus always to tyrants Latin: 1776 [68] U.S. Virgin Islands: United in Pride and Hope — English January 1, 1991 [69] Washington: Al-ki or Alki ...
The Motto and Badge: On a scroll beneath the shield, the motto: Vermont: Freedom and Unity. The Vermonter's Badge: two pine branches of natural color, crossed between the shield and scroll." The crest and Vermonter's Badge can also be seen, in modified form, on the Vermont Military Crest. [1]
The Vermont Historical Society also publishes books and exhibition catalogs on aspects of Vermont history, such as Freedom & Unity, The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont, 1777–1810, by Harvey Amani Whitfield; The Vermont Difference, published with the Woodstock Foundation; and Moses Robinson and the Founding of Vermont, by Robert A. Mello ...
Moses Robinson and the Founding of Vermont. Vermont Historical Society. ISBN 978-0934720656. Potash, P. Jeffrey, et al. Freedom and Unity: A History of Vermont. Vermont Historical Society: 2004. ISBN 0-934720-49-5. Van de Water, Frederic Franklyn (1974). The Reluctant Republic: Vermont 1724–1791. The Countryman Press. ISBN 0-914378-02-3.