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The United Seal of America This United Seal centers around the golden rays of light America's founders included on both sides of the Great Seal of the United States – the emblem they envisioned to express the idea and purpose of their new nation to the world and to the future. Over the head of the American bald eagle, this light is breaking through a cloud surrounding the constellation of 13 stars. In the zenith of an unfinished pyramid on the reverse, rays of light radiate from the eye in a triangle. Artwork by Doris Rowe for GreatSeal.com

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