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Thomson used the eagle—this time specifying an American bald eagle—as the sole supporter on the shield. The shield had thirteen stripes, this time in a chevron pattern, and the eagle's claws held an olive branch and a bundle of thirteen arrows. For the crest, he used Hopkinson's constellation of thirteen stars.
The eagle's wings were shown "displayed" (wingtips up), with an arc of cloud puffs between the wings, and thirteen stars scattered below the arc and surrounding a scroll reading E Pluribus Unum. The eagle's head was turned to its left toward the arrows for the first time, a feature which would last until 1945.
Crest: A greyhound rampant between two wings, the dexter gules, the sinister or. [8] Arms of William Henry Harrison, 9th president, 1841 Shield: Or, on a fess sable three eagles displayed or, a crescent sable for difference. Crest: An eagle's head erased or. [9] Connections to other presidents' arms: Same arms as used by his grandson, Benjamin ...
A unique obsolete badge situation occurred with General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold, who in 1913 was among the 24 Army pilots to receive the first Military Aviator Badge, an eagle bearing Signal Corps flags suspended from a bar. [1]
The shield and supporters rest on a horizontal laurel branch. Located at the crest over the shield is an American eagle, added in 1784 after the American Revolution and taken from the seal of New York State. [3] The eagle replaced an imperial crown, which had represented the authority of the British monarch during the colonial period.
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The Irish government presents President John F. Kennedy with a coat of arms 1961. [6] A private American College of Heraldry & Arms is established in 1966 – it closes in 1970. The ACH&A devises arms for Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, and Richard M. Nixon in 1970. [6] A new, private, American College of Heraldry is established in 1972.
The state seal of New York features the state arms (officially adopted in 1778) surrounded by the words "The Great Seal of the State of New York". A banner below shows the New York State motto Excelsior, Latin for "Ever Upward", and the secondary motto E Pluribus Unum, Latin for "Out of Many, One"—adopted in 2020. [1] [2]