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Arms of Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president 1889–1893 Shield: Or, on a fess Sable three eagles displayed Or, a crescent Sable for difference. Crest: an eagle's head erased Or. [12] Connections to other presidents' arms: Same as the arms used by his paternal grandfather, William Henry Harrison — William McKinley, 25th president, 1897–1901
The basic design of today's seal originated with Rutherford B. Hayes, who was the first to use the coat of arms on White House invitations in 1877. The precise design dates from 1945, when President Truman specified it in Executive Order 9646 .
Coat of Arms, Seal, and Flag of the President of the United States October 25, 1945 114 9647: Regulations Relating to the Giving of Public Notice and the Presentation of Views in Connection with Foreign Trade Agreements October 25, 1945 115 9648: Discontinuing the Matagorda Bay Defensive Sea Area October 25, 1945 116 9649
The U.S. Army establishes a heraldry office and a system of unit coats of arms in 1919. An early example of an English grant of honorary arms to a US citizen descended from a pre-1783 colonist: Alain C. White, in 1920. [4] The 51st Artillery Regiment is the first army unit to adopt a coat of arms, in 1922. President Calvin Coolidge has a coat ...
A White House table set in 2005 with the Reagan china from the 1980s. ... The Coat of Arms of the United States is centered in the service. [1] ... The Truman china.
The blue chief contains no stars (although certain derivative arms do, e.g. the chief of the arms of the United States Senate). The outermost stripes are white, not red, to avoid violation of the rule of tincture, as the chief is blue. The supporter of the shield is a bald eagle with its wings outstretched (or "displayed", in heraldic terms).
Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President of the United States by Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone in the White House Cabinet Room, while Bess Truman looks on. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought re-election in the 1944 presidential election.
The design divided the flag into four quarters (like the British royal standard): the upper left was the white stars on a blue background (same as the national flag); the lower left had a Goddess of Liberty on a white background; the upper right had an eagle emblem on a white background, and the lower right had the thirteen red and white ...