Friday, August 10, 2007
This Day in American History
On this day in 1776, a committee of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson suggested the United States adopt Virgil's E Pluribus Unum as the motto for its Great Seal. It translates as 'from many, one' no matter what Al Gore said. It made the cut as did Annuit Ceoptis--'He approves of what has begun' and (also from Virgil) Novus Ordo Seclorum--'A new order of the ages.'
Labels: Great Seal Latin Translations