Talk:Seal of Colorado

Merger

It would be very unwise to merge the Motto of the State of Colorado with the Great Seal of the State of Colorado IMHO. --Buaidh (talk) 13:26, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

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The Axe

"the Roman fasces, ... The axe symbolizes authority and leadership." Uhhhhh, the axe symbolizes the death penalty. It also symbolizes authority, sure, but these things have meaning. I understand why people would shy away from that factoid. Who knows what the original intent was in the First Territorial Assembly, the symbol certainly picked up some luggage 80 years later. But the subtext of "Fit in with the bundle of sticks or we'll axe you to leave" goes way back to the Roman era. As does the symbolism of a frasces WITHOUT the axe head. Should the article be blunt about the symbolism of the fasces? 71.211.174.108 (talk) 17:56, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

No, because that's opinion or original research and Wikipedia is an electronic record of the conventional wisdom of our time. There's plenty of scope elsewhere for expressing your thoughts about the Seal of Colorado. You could visit the Capitol and talk to your representative and senator about it, they'd be glad to meet you. JacquesDelaguerre (talk) 23:15, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

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Picture of the day

The Colorado coat of arms in 1876, as illustrated by Henry Mitchell in State Arms of the Union. The modern Seal of Colorado, an adaptation of the Territorial Seal adopted by the First Territorial Assembly in 1861, and similar to the coat of arms, was adopted a year after this illustration was published. The coat of arms includes the following devices: the Eye of Providence or 'All Seeing Eye' within a triangle, with golden rays radiating; the Roman fasces, a bundle of birch or elm rods with a battle ax bound together with a ribbon; the heraldic shield bearing a red sky behind a mountain and the pick and sledge hammer, crossed on a golden ground. Below the shield, on a scroll, is the motto, "Nil Sine Numine", meaning "Nothing without providence".Illustration: Henry Mitchell; restoration: Andrew Shiva