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New Jersey historian, author, and lecturer Gordon Bond explores the cultural significance of such seals, how the State Seal was created, and the meaning behind its symbolism.
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With the British Army at their heels as traitors and a whole independent government to set up, you would think the New Jersey’s Patriot Assembly would have more important concerns than drawing a logo. Yet one of the things they did at their first meeting at Princeton on July 2, 1776 was task a committee to essentially do just that in the form of a “Great Seal.”
What was so important about having a seal? Who created it? Why is there a horse’s head and who are the women holding the shield? You have probably seen the emblem on the State Flag, but you might be surprised at the story behind it!
Gordon Bond is an independent historian, author, and lecturer. He is the founder and ePublisher of www.GardenStateLegacy.com, a resources website dedicated to New Jersey history. He is the author of six books focusing on aspects of New Jersey history and has written a large number of articles and reviews for Garden State Legacy.
He is currently working on a new book about the Rev. Hannibal Goodwin and his invention of roll photographic film in Newark, New Jersey.
Gordon also has a freelance graphic design business, Gordon Bond Design. He designed and guest curated exhibits for the Middlesex County Office of Arts and History, the Abraham Staats House in South Bound Brook, and the Historical Association of Woodbridge Township.
Bond is a native of New Jersey living with his wife and cat in Newark’s historic Forest Hill neighborhood.
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