The Great Seal of the State of Florida is one of the state symbols of the state of Florida , USA .
The state seal is used to seal various official documents of the state government and its legislative assembly. The seal is widely used on government buildings, vehicles, and other facilities to indicate their affiliation with the state of Florida. A print image is present on the flag of the state of Florida .
Content
Design
The Florida state seal depicts a coastline along which a female Seminole tribe scatters hibiscus flowers. In the background is one of the symbols of Florida - the Sabal palm . Against the backdrop of the rising bright sun with beams beating in all directions, a wheeled steamer with retracted sails floats. On the outer circumference of the seal, in its upper two-thirds, the phrase “ Great Seal of the State of Florida ” is written, in the lower third of the semicircle - “ In God We Trust ” (“ We trust in God ”).
History
The first version of the state press design appeared in 1861 and in the foreground contained an image of a female symbol of freedom with barrels and wooden crates at her feet. In the background is a map of Florida and boats floating in the Gulf of Mexico .
In 1868, the state legislature approved new rules for the development of the Florida official seal, and a little later a new state seal design was developed. Despite the fact that the main elements of symbolism are preserved in all versions of the state seal, the images of the seals themselves vary significantly. The design of the seal of 1868 from the point of view of heraldry was incorrect, because it contained the image of the cross of St. Andrew on the mast of the ship, and existed unchanged until 1900.
The seal also contained many other inaccuracies such as the image of a woman from the Indian Plains of the Great Plains instead of the Seminole tribe, coconut palms for which Florida is not their native land and the image of a steep mountain in the background of the image, while there are no mountain systems in Florida. As the inaccuracies were eliminated, the state seal design changed several times. In 1970, the press was once again amended, as a result of which it began to contain the Sabal palm, which is the official symbol of the state of Florida since 1953.
The Florida State Seal is currently being used, submitted for approval in 1985 by Secretary General George Firestone and approved by Governor Bob Graham and the Florida Legislature.
See also
- Flag of florida