The Great Seal of the United States of America: 225 Years Young

Actually, I seem to have missed the Great Seal's birthday.

Typical: Just ask my wife about how reliable I am with birthdays and anniversaries.

At any rate, here are a few links: a sort of 'sorry I forgot' package.

"The Great Seal of the United States"
published by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs (September, 1996)

"Official Heraldry of the United States"
"Heraldica.org" (December 8, 2003)

"Conspiracy theories behind the Great Seal of the United States debunked
"International Herald-Tribune" (February 12, 2008)
(What, no space aliens? And where's Elvis?)