Editing Seal of the City of Pensacola

[[Image:CityOfPensacolaSeal.png|right|250px|Seal of the City of Pensacola]]
The '''Seal of the [[City of Pensacola]]''' is used to represent the Pensacola municipal government and for various official purposes. The current seal was officially adopted in {{date needed}}.

At the center of the seal is a shield (''[[Wikipedia:Escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]]'') charged with a [[Wikipedia:Christian cross|Christian cross]] and [[Wikipedia:Conquistador|conquistador]]'s helmet, a modified version of the [[Wikipedia:Cross and Crown|cross and crown]] that represents the religious mission of Don [[Tristán de Luna y Arellano]].

Above the escutcheon is a hand (symbolizing faith, sincerity and justice) holding a quill pen (symbolizing learned employment and the liberal arts).

Five dates — [[1678]], [[1821]], [[1895]], [[1913]] and [[1931]] — are placed around the shield to indicate the five times that the city adopted a new [[Pensacola city charter|city charter]]. (Note that these dates do not all correspond with Pensacola's "[[five flags]].")

==References==
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*http://www.pensacolapolice.com/details.asp?pid=2482
*http://www.digiserve.com/heraldry/symbols.htm
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[[Category:City of Pensacola]]