The Great Seal of the United States was a collaborative effort by America's Founding Fathers that began on July 4, 1776. The unique combination of symbols and motto conveys their vision of America - the American bald eagle, a shield with thirteen vertical stripes, a bundle of thirteen arrows, an olive branch, and a constellation of 13 stars breaking through a cloud. In the eagle's beak is a scroll inscribed with the motto E Pluribus Unum - "Out of Many, One."
