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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
For the Crest: Over the head of the eagle, which appears above the escutcheon, a glory, or breaking through a cloud, proper, and surrounding thirteen stars, forming a constellation, argent, on an azure field. "
Reverse: A pyramid unfinished. In the zenith, an eye in a triangle surrounded with glory, proper. Over the eye these words: 'Anuit coeptis. ' On the base of the pyramid the numerical letters, ' MDCCLXXVI; ' and underneath the following motto: ' Novus ordo seclorum. ' "
In September, 1789, an act was passed and approved which included, "That the seal heretofore used by the United States in Congress assembled shall be, and hereby is, declared to be the seal of the United States. "
Civil War
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