RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ/WWBT) - “The Great Seal of Virginia” was adopted July 5, 1776. Its look was very close to what’s on the Virginia state flag today.

Why did the Founding Fathers decide to use the bald eagle in the Great Seal of the U.S.? Eva Diaz, associate professor of art history at Pratt University, explains the cultural and allegorical ...