"and supplies along a route which included calls at San Francisco, California; Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii; Guam; Manila, Philippines; Chinwangtao and Shanghai, China; the Panama Canal Zone, and New York. For many of these years of service in the Pacific, ""U. S. Grant"" served as the sole source of refrigerated stores from the United States. Her periodic arrivals at Apra Harbor invariably produced a temporary improvement in the diet of Americans living in Guam. On one voyage to Guam, the transport was nearly lost. On the late afternoon of 19 May 1939, ""U. S. Grant"" ran aground on the dangerous"
"in Micronesia, American Samoa and Hawaii in Polynesia, and the Philippines. On December 7, 1941, hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Guam was captured by the Japanese, who occupied the island for two and a half years. During the occupation, Guamanians were subjected to beheadings, forced labor, rape, and torture. American forces recaptured the island on July 21, 1944; Liberation Day commemorates the victory. An unofficial but frequently used territorial motto is ""Where America's Day Begins"", which refers to the island's close proximity to the international date line. The original inhabitants of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands were"
"in Richmond, Virginia with the inauguration of Jefferson Davis after the only Confederate general election, and is also Washington's birthday. The bottom margin contains the national motto, ""Deo Vindice"" (variously translated as ""Under God, [Our] Vindicator"", ""With God as [Our] Champion"", ""With God as [Our] Judge"", and ""Under the Guidance and Protection of God""). The Confederate Senator Thomas Semmes, in proposing this motto, took pains to stress that the Confederacy had ""deviated in the most emphatic manner from the spirit that presided over the construction of the Constitution of the United States, which is silent on the subject of the"
"free'."" The motto represents a visionary optimism for a state filled with promise; promoting the State of Alaska by advising that the future lies with the next-to-the-last United States star located to the north of the Lower 48. The 1968 discovery of oil on the North Slope's Prudhoe Bay—which would turn out to have the most recoverable oil of any field in the United States—would change Alaska's political landscape for decades. This discovery catapulted the issue of Native land ownership into the headlines. In the mid-1960s, Alaska Natives from many tribal groups had united in an effort to gain title"
"Crossroads of America The Crossroads of America is the official motto of the U.S. state of Indiana. The Indiana General Assembly passed a resolution in 1937 establishing the phrase as the state's official motto. In the early days of cross-country travel by horse and wagon, Terre Haute, Indiana, benefited by its location on the old National Road between Indianapolis and Vandalia, Illinois. The National Road was later named U.S. Highway 40 (US 40) when it was made a U.S. Highway in 1926. At the same time, US 41 was commissioned between Chicago, Illinois, and Miami, Florida. This north–south highway through"
"United States national motto The modern motto of the United States of America, as established in a 1956 law signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is ""In God We Trust"". The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864. The 1956 law was the first establishment of an official motto for the country, although E Pluribus Unum (""from many, one"") was adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782 as the motto for the Seal of the United States and has been used on coins and paper money since 1795. A phrase similar to ""In God We Trust"" appears in"
"has not ruled on the issue. United States national motto The modern motto of the United States of America, as established in a 1956 law signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is ""In God We Trust"". The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864. The 1956 law was the first establishment of an official motto for the country, although E Pluribus Unum (""from many, one"") was adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782 as the motto for the Seal of the United States and has been used on coins and paper money since 1795. A phrase similar to"
"inaugurated in March 1841; his death a month later marked the first time an American president had failed to complete his term. While some historians view Harrison's victorious campaign askance because of the role emotion played in it, others note how it originated techniques used in later presidential races. The unofficial campaign motto, ""Tippecanoe and Tyler Too"", has been called the most famous presidential campaign slogan in American history. William Henry Harrison was born on February 9, 1773 on Berkeley Plantation in James City County, Virginia. His father was the wealthy and influential Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration"
"The New Hampshire primary is the first primary in the U.S. presidential election cycle. Its license plates carry the state motto, ""Live Free or Die"". The state's nickname, ""The Granite State"", refers to its extensive granite formations and quarries. In January 1776, it became the first of the British North American colonies to establish a government independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain's authority, and it was the first to establish its own state constitution. Six months later, it became one of the original 13 colonies that signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and in June 1788 it was"
"in the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims that ""all men are created equal"" with the right to ""life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."" Also, the U.S. Constitution promotes similar freedom, in the Preamble: to ""secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity"". The meaning of the ""American Dream"" has changed over the course of history, and includes both personal components (such as home ownership and upward mobility) and a global vision. Historically the Dream originated in the mystique regarding frontier life. As the Governor of Virginia noted in 1774, the Americans ""for ever imagine the Lands further"
"The 1974 Carnation Revolution in Portugal aimed at three immediate goals: """"Descolonização, Democratização, Desenvolvimento"""" 'decolonization, democratization, development'. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has an initialistic motto: ""Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity"", while the United States Military Academy at West Point has ""Duty, Honor, Country"". This concept has been extended to the list of core values of the U.S. armed services, such as the Navy's ""Honor, Courage, Commitment"" and the Coast Guard's ""Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty"". The University of Notre Dame has adopted """"God, Country, Notre Dame"""" as an informal motto. The phrase first appeared on the First World War memorial"
"The United States national motto ""In God We Trust"" is written over the tribune below the clock and above the United States flag. Of the twenty-three relief portraits only Moses is sculpted from a full front view and is located across from the dais where the Speaker of the House ceremonially sits. In order clockwise around the chamber: There is also a quote etched in the marble of the chamber, as stated by venerable statesman Daniel Webster: ""Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see"
"logo. The school is located in Santurce, Puerto Rico. ""Pro Aris et Focis"" is the motto for Maritzburg College, a high school in South Africa, and the motto is embedded in the school's shield. ""Pro Aris et PRO Focis"" was the motto of the 71st New York State Volunteers, ""The American Guard"", which was formed not long before the Civil War and saw service in that War, and down to almost the present time. Its HQ was in the old Armory at 34th and Park Avenue in New York City. The building no longer stands, but plaque parts of its"
"396), adopting ""In God We Trust"" as the official motto. The meaning of the phrase originates from the concept that out of the union of the original Thirteen Colonies emerged a new single nation. It is emblazoned across the scroll and clenched in the eagle’s beak on the Great Seal of the United States. The 13-letter motto was suggested in 1776 by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere to the committee responsible for developing the seal. At the time of the American Revolution, the exact phrase appeared prominently on the title page of every issue of a popular periodical, ""The Gentleman's Magazine"","
"their seals without quoting the Bible: The coat of arms of Puerto Rico bears the motto "", meaning ""John is his name"". Like Ohio's motto, it is a quotation from the Bible, in this case the Vulgate's Gospel of Luke, verse . The motto is a reference to St. John the Baptist or , the island's original namesake. It reflects the commonwealth's strong Roman Catholic heritage as a former Spanish colony. With God, all things are possible With God, all things are possible is the motto of the U.S. state of Ohio. Quoted from the Gospel of Matthew, verse ,"
"located on the east portico of the basilica. The Royal Military College of Canada has followed the tripartite motto ""Truth, Duty, Valour"" since the founding of the College in 1876. This motto was expanded into the Canadian Forces' core values. Very often triple mottoes derive from a turn of oratory in a speech; for example Abraham Lincoln's ""of the people, by the people, for the people"" in his Gettysburg Address and ""Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"" in George Wallace's 1963 Inaugural Address. These are common throughout Western civilization, but also appear in other cultures. The Japanese said that during"
"the namesake of the Shining Sea Bikeway, a bike path in Bates's hometown of Falmouth, Massachusetts. The phrase is similar to the Latin phrase """""""" (""From sea to sea""), which serves as the official motto of Canada. ""Purple mountain majesties"" refers to the shade of the Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which inspired Bates to write the poem. Lynn Sherr's 2001 book ""America the Beautiful"" discusses the origins of the song and the backgrounds of its authors in depth. The book points out that the poem has the same meter as that of ""Auld Lang Syne""; the songs can"
"the future Jewish Homeland: ""We are a commonwealth. In form it is new, but in purpose very ancient. Our aim is mentioned in the First Book of Kings: 'Judah and Israel shall dwell securely, each man under his own vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba"". United States President George Washington, writing in 1790 to the Touro Synagogue of Newport, Rhode Island, extended the metaphor to denote the equality of all Americans regardless of faith. Buddha achieved enlightenment under the bodhi tree, a large and old sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa, or Pipal). Sura 95 of the Qur'an is"
"in York, Pennsylvania, while the British occupied the national capital at Philadelphia. Delegate Samuel Adams created the first draft. Congress then adapted the final version: George Washington, leader of the revolutionary forces in the American Revolutionary War, proclaimed a Thanksgiving in December 1777 as a victory celebration honoring the defeat of the British at Saratoga. The Continental-Confederation Congress, the legislative body that governed the United States from 1774 to 1789, issued several ""national days of prayer, humiliation, and thanksgiving"", a practice that was continued by presidents Washington and Adams under the Constitution, and has manifested itself in the established American"
"also the official motto of the State of California. Eureka is the only U.S. location to use the same seal as the state for its seal. The first Europeans venturing into Humboldt Bay encountered the indigenous Wiyot. After 1850, Europeans ultimately overwhelmed the Wiyot, whose maximum population before the Europeans was in the hundreds in the area of what would become the county's primary city. But in almost every case, settlers ultimately cut off access to ancestral sources of food in addition to the outright theft of land, despite efforts of some U.S. Government and military officials to assist the"
"American GI Forum The American G.I. Forum (AGIF) is a Congressionally chartered Hispanic veterans and civil rights organization founded in 1948. Its motto is ""Education is Our Freedom and Freedom should be Everybody's Business"". AGIF operates chapters throughout the United States, with a focus on veterans' issues, education, and civil rights. Its two largest national programs are the San Antonio-based Veterans Outreach Program, and the Dallas-based Service, Employment, Redevelopment-Jobs for Progress, Inc. (SER). The current National Commander is Lawrence G. Romo. The organization was established in Corpus Christi, the seat of Nueces County, Texas, on March 26, 1948 by Dr."
"was officially adopted for use in 1939. It is the second state motto. The first motto was adopted by the Reconstruction Era state legislature on December 29, 1868 for use on the second Seal of Alabama. It depicted a bald eagle atop an American shield, holding a banner inscribed with the motto ""Here We Rest"" in its beak. The source of the current motto is drawn from the lines of ""An Ode in Imitation of Alcaeus,"" also known by its first line, ""What constitutes a State?"" It was published in 1781 by the eighteenth-century liberal English philologist Sir William Jones."
"Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan the ""Land of 10,000 Lakes"". Its official motto is ""L'Étoile du Nord"" (French: ""Star of the North""). Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 22nd most populous of the U.S. states; nearly 60% of its residents live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area (known as the"
"colonists' contribution to America. The sun is rising in the background, symbolic of Rhode Island being the first colony where religious liberty was guaranteed. is the theme of the design and appears over their heads. , , and the tercentenary dates surround the scene. The reverse depicts the Anchor of Hope, taken from Rhode Island's state seal. The motto symbolizes the authority of the state government, while evokes that of the federal government, as it is a national motto. The name of the country and the coin's denomination surround the reverse design. Nowhere on the coin is the name of"
"into English as ""The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness."" The motto was adopted by the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1843 and was used in an address by King Kamehameha III at ceremonies following the return of his kingdom from the British. British captain Lord George Paulet of demanded that Hawaii was ceded to Great Britain in response to claims of political abuses against British residents made by British Consul Richard Charlton. After Kamehameha III notified London of the captain's actions, Admiral Richard Darton Thomas returned sovereignty back to the King. The motto is also featured in Israel"
"E pluribus unum E pluribus unum (; )—Latin for ""Out of many, one"" (alternatively translated as ""One out of many"" or ""One from many"")—is a 13-letter traditional motto of the United States, appearing on the Great Seal along with ""Annuit cœptis"" (Latin for ""he approves the undertaking [lit. 'things undertaken']"") and ""Novus ordo seclorum"" (Latin for ""New order of the ages""), and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782. Never codified by law, ""E pluribus unum"" was considered a ""de facto"" motto of the United States until 1956 when the United States Congress passed an act (H. J. Resolution"
"Calvinist heritage. The modern official motto of the United States of America, as established in a 1956 law signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is ""In God We Trust"". The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864. According to a 2002 survey by the Pew Research Center, nearly 6 in 10 Americans said that religion plays an important role in their lives, compared to 33% in Great Britain, 27% in Italy, 21% in Germany, 12% in Japan, and 11% in France. The survey report stated that the results showed America having a greater similarity to developing nations (where higher"
"place in the week from 18 to 25 May 1810, which marked the beginning of the independence from the Spanish Empire for the countries that were then part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. A legend claims that as the new government was proclaimed, the sun broke through the clouds, which was seen as a good omen. In the flag of Argentina, the Sun of May is the radiant golden yellow sun bearing the human face and thirty-two rays that alternate between sixteen straight and sixteen wavy. In the flag of Uruguay, the Sun of May is"
"pentagon, representing The Pentagon. A silver wreath, an ancient symbol of victory, encircles the badge and meets the old Army Air Corps roundel. The eagle holds a streamer with the Latin motto ""E pluribus unum,"" which means ""Out of many, one,"" and represents the original 13 colonies forming into one nation. According to AFI 36-2903 ""Center duty or miscellaneous badge 1½ inches below top of welt pocket and centered, and/or on right side centered 1½ inch below the nametag"" for men, and ""centered on the wearer's right 1/2 inch above the name tag"" for women. The United States Army has"
"of the United States to the left and right of the word ""ONE"". This word appears prominently in the white space at the center of the bill in a capitalized, shadowed, and seriffed typeface. A smaller image of the word ""ONE"" is superimposed over the numeral ""1"" in each of the four corners of the bill. ""THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"" spans the top of the bill, ""ONE DOLLAR"" is emblazoned along the bottom, and above the central ""ONE"" are the words ""IN GOD WE TRUST,"" which became the official motto of the United States in 1956 by an Act"
"Alis volat propriis Alis volat propriis is a Latin phrase used as the motto of U.S. state of Oregon. The official English version of the motto is ""She flies with her own wings"" in keeping with the tradition of considering countries and territories to be feminine. However, because the feminine pronoun in the Latin sentences is often omitted and the verb form is not inflected for gender, the phrase could be translated with equal validity as ""[one] flies with [one's] own wings"", ""[he] flies with [his] own wings"", or ""[it] flies with [its] own wings"". If macrons are used to"
"It is set on a field of artillery red. The pine tree is the emblem of Maine, and is on a white field symbolic of the snows among which this particular pine (Pinus Rigidus) grows. The motto translates to ""We Defend the Land Gate."" ""Terrae Portam"" is also the Latin equivalent for Portland and ""Defendamus"" is the motto of the Coast Artillery Corps. The crest is taken from the arms of the city of Portland which was thrice destroyed in war by burning, by the Indians in 1676, by the French in 1690 and by the English fleet in 1775,"
"attack in the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812 (1812–1815). The Betsy Ross House, home of legendary Betsy Ross has long been the site of Philadelphia's observance of Flag Day. Coincidentally, June 14 is also the date for the annual anniversary of the ""Bear Flag Revolt."" in California. On June 14, 1846, 33 American settlers and mountain men arrested the Mexican general in command at Sonoma, and declared the ""Bear Flag Republic"" on the Pacific Ocean coast as an independent nation. A flag emblazoned with a bear, a red stripe, a star and the words ""California Republic"" was"