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The Great Seal of the State of Kansas tells the history of Kansas. The seal contains: * Landscape with a rising sun (the east) * River and steamboat (commerce) * Settler's cabin and a man plowing a field (agriculture) () * Wagon train heading west (American expansion / pioneer life) * Indians hunting American Bison (the buffalo are fleeing from the Indians) * Cluster of 34 stars (top of the seal) – identifying Kansas as the 34th state to be accepted into the Union of the United States. * State motto "''Ad Astra per Aspera''" (Latin: "To the Stars through Difficulties") The seal is used on the Flag of the State of Kansas. ==History== The design for the Great Seal of Kansas was submitted by John J. Ingalls, a state senator from Atchison. Ingalls also proposed the state motto, "''Ad astra per aspera''." The Great Seal of the State of Kansas was established by a joint resolution adopted by the Kansas Legislature May 25, 1861. The resolution states: :"The east is represented by a rising sun, in the right-hand corner of the seal; to the left of it, commerce is represented by a river and a steamboat; in the foreground, agriculture is represented as the basis of the future prosperity of the state, by a settler’s cabin and a man plowing with a pair of horses; beyond this is a train of ox-wagons, going west; in the background is seen a herd of buffalo, retreating, pursued by two Indians, on horseback; around the top is the motto, 'Ad astra per aspera,' and beneath a cluster of thirty-four stars. The circle is surrounded by the words, "Great seal of the state of Kansas. January 29, 1861." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seal of Kansas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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