The seal of the president of the United States is used to mark correspondence from the president of the United States to the U.S. Congress, and is also used as a symbol of the presidency itself. The central design, based on the See more

Official use
The actual seal die is only used on correspondence from the president to the United States Congress, closing the envelopes with wax … See more

A popular but erroneous myth is that the seal is changed during times of war, so that the eagle faces the arrows in its left talon. This belief may have arisen because major changes to the … See more

On July 23, 2019, President Donald Trump, the forty-fifth president, gave an address to young Republicans at the Turning Point USA Teen Student Action Summit 2019 in front of a screen onto … See more

The current seal is defined on Executive Order 10860, made by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on February 5, 1960, and effective since July 4, 1960. It states:
The Coat of Arms of the President of the United States shall be of the following design: SHIELD: … See more

The early history of the president's seal remains obscure, as there is essentially no record on early usage, nor when its use started. It appears that the primary use was to seal the … See more

The seal is sometimes used in modified form as a marketing tool, or to make a political statement. The punk rock group the See more