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312: 93: 237: 887: 276: 225: 264: 288: 252: 207: 300: 2121: 31: 112:. On December 20, 1792, the Assembly passed an act, reading: "That the Governor be empowered and is hereby required to provide at the public charge a seal for this Commonwealth; and procure the same to be engraved with the following device, viz: Two friends embracing, with the name of the state over their heads and around about the following motto: United we stand, divided we fall." 134:
Because the description originally adopted by the General Assembly does not specify what the "two friends" should look like or how they should be embracing, several variants of the state seal were created subsequent to the destruction of the original. Different depictions of the seal have the friends
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David Humphries was charged with designing the seal in 1793. Instead of hunting apparel, Humphries' version depicted two men in swallowtail coats, and instead of a handshake, the two friends share a full embrace. This original seal was destroyed in a fire that destroyed the state capitol in 1814.
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was adopted in December 1792. Since that time, it has undergone several revisions. The current seal depicts two men, one in buckskin, and the other in more formal dress. The men are facing each other and clasping hands. The outer ring of the seal is adorned with the words
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One particularly odd-looking version of the seal had one of the friends joining his left hand to the other's right, which commissioner of conservation Henry Ward said made the two appear to be dancing an Irish jig. In 1954, Ward asked
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Origin and History of the American Flag and of the Naval and Yacht-Club Signals, Seals, and Arms, and Principle National Songs of the United States with a but Chronicle of Symbols, Standards, Banners, and Flags of Ancient and Modern
150:' chamber. This artist's depiction showed one man in buckskin boots and a hat and another in formal attire. The two are standing in front of a row of columns and wearing garments resembling togas as overcoats. A 1952 article in 167:
In 1962, the General Assembly further clarified the look of the seal to minimize variation in the future. They prescribed that the seal should depict "a pioneer meeting a gentleman in a swallowtail coat."
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native Ernie Giancola to redesign the seal. Using a neighbor as a model, Giancola created a more natural-looking handshake for the friends.
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In 1857, an anonymous artist was commissioned to paint the seals of the various states in the skylights in the
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The current version of the seal was designed by artist and former mayor of Hazard, Kentucky, Nan Gorman.
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opined that "They stand in a halfhearted embrace, as if each startled the other with his gesture."
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or were demonstrating a secret handshake or symbol from a fraternal order.
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Popular belief claims that the buckskin-clad man on the left is
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outfitted in various clothing from coats and top hats to Roman
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Official government emblem of the U.S. state of Kentucky
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Pre-1962 state seal used from the 1910s to the 1950s.
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Armiger
Motto
Commonwealth of Kentucky
United we stand, divided we fall
flag of Kentucky

historical coat of arms
Commonwealth
Kentucky General Assembly
John Brown
Senator
Lexington
silversmith
togas
bourbon
House of Representatives
The Courier-Journal
Louisville
Daniel Boone
Henry Clay
The Liberty Song
American Revolution
The original seal of Kentucky from a document c. 1800
Pre-1962 state seal, from the mid-1880s.
A version of the seal of Kentucky used during the Civil War
Civil War
Pre-1962 state seal from the early 1900s.
Pre-1962 state seal from the late 1900s.
Pre-1962 state seal used from the 1910s to the 1950s.

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