Presidential Seals
 

:huh: I'm asking this Question because I actually dont know the answer. In other countries with the power and majesty that the United States Commands, you tend to find that individual Leaders will have some kind of Monogram which is used to depict them...in ancient times a Seal was some kinda plate which bore a mark onto wax, to proove the document had come from an official source, the seals are usually part of a Ring, so the Ring of the person whose seal it belongs to must have been used as a kinda fullproof signiture. They might also have been a coat of alms

Of course when these things stopped being important, the Monogram became a Standard used to identify rullers particularly after they were deceased. So for example, if you were to find the seal of a particular Monarch on the side of a building, its a fair assumption that you can date the creation of that building to within the reign of that specific Monarch.

Being that The President of The United States is such a high position of Authority, and also given that the position is actually one of relatively short stay in the world of Democrasy, (what I mean is, you have quite short terms of office, and your Presidents are limited to the number of times they can be re-ellected) I was wondering if each President was given his own Standard/Seal?

Like an Insignia, or badge or something? Something that Identifies not only thier office, but the individual occupying that office?:huh:

http://library.csusm.edu/finding/gov...tial-color.jpg

The President has a seal but it is for the office. Each individual president does not have a different seal.

There was a controversy during the past presidential election when candidate Obama had a seal for his campaign. It was displayed on his podium. The seal was mocked as a show of hubris and was soon abandoned.

http://blogs.trb.com/news/politics/b...mb-250x409.jpg

Wow...thats sad...I think that Each individual should be able to personalize the Seal in some way to reflect themselves. They are more then an office. Everywhere else with the status level of America does it, so it wouldnt go down as looking pompous or egotistical, infact...its strange they dont have their own seal...I assumed they did but were like rarely used, because I've never seen them you see...a bit like how each of the States has its individual Standard...Each State has its own Flag, and Emblem...not that many Europeans probably know that :laugh:

now...whose going to explain what all the parts of the Seal actually mean :huh:

:w00t: Thats truely Magnificent :w00t:

One questions...who does "amoung other soverign powers" allude to?

and what do the three stars on the War side of the Eagles head represent...the beak faces towards the symbol of peace, in the same position on the other side, lie a vertical line of Three Stars....are those particular Events of War? or are they particular States?

Sorry for the questions...but I'm kinda a symbologist by trade if you like...I love this sort of things...

also...why "clouds" I means...whats the significance of that? I get the number, and that the Stars represent the States...and Stars or Dots to represent something like that is understandable...but whats with the clouds above? Why Clouds?

Finally...what is the significance of 19 in the Monogram? its unclear from that size picture, but the stars and clouds are arranged on a backing of lines with dots runing vertical...gathered into groups of four...and two....or depending on whats important I suppose 19 columns of something...or is it the number of lines that is important?? or the numbers of dots? or is it all symbolic? I mean you could read it from the groupings, or the orders of the groupings read from either direction because they are the same...or the number of columns, or numbers of dots between the coloumns...or numbers of dots and columns.

You do have Google right??? :D

They don't get Google in Europe.... :laugh:

you do reply to PMs right :Whistle:

OUCH.... ok you win!!!