Object Details
- Creator
- Hayward, John
- Book Title
- A gazetteer of the United States of America.
- Caption
- E Pluribus Unum.
- Educational Notes
- Out of many, one. This is the literal translation for the motto of the United States of America. It was a motto suggested by a committee on July 4, 1776. Does that date sound familiar? It was the day our countrys Declaration of Independence was signed! While it took many years for a seal of the United States to be finalized, this motto stuck and became the words scribed on the scroll in the beak of a bald eagle. The motto has important meaning for the United States of America. Our country began as land belonging to Great Britain. As we continued to grow, we became 13 colonies. When deciding to fight for our freedom, the colonists decided that they would be more powerful if all of the colonies fought together. Out of 13 colonies came one nation. Out of our 50 states comes one nation. The motto describes our history and our belief that we are a nation that should work together as one!
- 1853
- Publication Date
- 1853
- Image ID
- SIL-gazetteerofunit00hayw_0017_crop
- Catalog ID
- 540841
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Type
- Prints
- Publication Place
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Publisher
- Case, Tiffany, and Company
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- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- USA motto
- American Experience
- Language
- Latin
- Record ID
- silgoi_68301
