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Figure 1: Albany's first seal, dating from 1686 Figure 2: Albany's seal in 1752, including the beaver, year, and full name of city. Albany began as the Dutch fur-trading post Fort Orange in 1624. Around the fort grew the village of Beverwijck (English: Beaver District), [2] [Note 1] which was incorporated in 1652. [3]
The presidential seal as depicted in National Treasure: Book of Secrets. This is a modification of a Great Seal graphic, not a presidential seal. In the 2007 film National Treasure: Book of Secrets, there is a variation of the presidential seal that shows the eagle clutching a scroll. This variation is supposed to represent the secret book that ...
Various government agencies of the State of New York, New York State Museum: Construction started: 1965: Completed: 1976: Renovated: 2001: Cost: $2 billion [1] Owner: State of New York [2] Height: 44 stories, 589 feet (180 m) Technical details; Structural system: Reinforced concrete: Floor count: 6-story platform; 44-story tower: Design and ...
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A community that only 12 years ago was still a village has seen monumental growth ‒ so much so that it has hired a third public-information officer to help disseminate all the information there.
Schenectady County (/ s k ə ˈ n ɛ k t ə d i /) is a county in the U.S. state of New York.As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,061. [2] The county seat is Schenectady. [3] The name is from a Mohawk language word meaning "on the other side of the pine lands," a term that originally applied to Albany.
The first seal of New York was created by a committee appointed April 15, 1777, with the intent that it be used "for all the purposes for which the Crown Seal was used under the Colony." [ 3 ] On the front of the seal there is an image of a rising sun with the motto "Excelsior" and the legend "The Great Seal of the State of New York."
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's federal election interference case on Tuesday granted special counsel Jack Smith's request to file a 180-page brief on presidential immunity ...