"Blue rays flicker through the evening shades of countless homes across America and around the world. Thousands of television channels spew out a relentless rerun of history, a cacophony of current events. Like a dying man whose life is passing before his eyes, our civilization is at the threshold of death. And hopefully, transformation." – John MacArthur, 1998 (the year GreatSeal.com began)
Cy Hundley, artist of Eagle Rising.
"... In the declaration's pages,
We write a new order for the ages,
Where out of many, we are one,
Bright as a sun, and bold as an eagle,
A nation of all people, by all people,
For all people..." – Amanda Gorman
Believer's Hymn for the Republic – Poem by Amanda Gorman,
the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States.
Set to music by the Boston Pops Orchestra, thanks to CBS.
This excellent 15-minute video was created for its 1982 bicentennial:
As a nation, we have reminders of our heritage. "It is important to
touch our basic beliefs, those truths we hold self evident
and to remember how fragile such freedoms can be,
and how responsible each individual is for maintaining them."
Great Seal Article by Paul Zamarian (2005):
Gymnast Yul Moldauer claimed his third consecutive
American Cup all-around title on March 2, 2019.
This wooden seal hung in the Moscow office of the American ambassador
from 1943 until 1952. It was used for eavesdropping. – Smithsonian
A century ago:
