Seal of Oklahoma

Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma
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Armiger State of Oklahoma
Adopted 1905
Motto Labor Omnia Vincit
Standard of the Governor of Oklahoma

The Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma consists of a five-pointed star in a circle. According to a statute adopted in 1957, the flag of the governor of Oklahoma consists of a forest green field, fringed in gold, charged with the state seal surrounded by a pentagram of five white stars.[1]

The seal itself contains six seals:

Around the large star are 45 smaller stars, representing the 45 U.S. states that existed prior to Oklahoma's statehood (the large star would be the 46th star in the seal, representing Oklahoma's admission as the 46th state).[2]

The Great Seal of the proposed State of Sequoyah

The seal was adopted by the 1905 constitutional convention of the proposed state of Sequoyah.[3] Sequoyah, named for the inventor of the Cherokee syllabary, was a bid for statehood by Indian Territory, which comprised the eastern half of present-day Oklahoma.

See also

References

  1. Shearer, B.F. and Shearer, B.S. (2002). State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide (Third Edition). Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-31534-5, p. 67.
  2. "Oklahoma State Seal". Oklahoma Secretary of State website. Archived from the original on 2006-09-25. Retrieved 2006-09-30.
  3. "Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 9, No. 2". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved 2006-12-09.

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