Seal of Washington, D.C.

Seal of Washington, D.C.
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Historical coat of arms, (1876)[1]
Armiger	Washington, D.C.
Adopted	1871
Motto	Justitia Omnibus

The Great Seal of the District of Columbia is the official insignia representing the city. It features George Washington standing on a pedestal, with lady Liberty holding a wreath next to him. In the background is the Potomac River and the United Sates Capitol.

The seal was designed by a commission authorized by Congress in 1871 after the creation of the territorial government for the District of Columbia. The exact individual designer of the seal is not clearly recorded, but the design was adopted by the Board of Commissioners overseeing the district at that time.