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 1902, with slight modifications since.

At the center of the seal is a shield (escutcheon) charged with a Christian cross and conquistador's helmet, a modified version of the 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 printed on the seal represent the following, according the Code of the City of Pensacola:

"...On the left side of the shield the figures "1698," the year of the first settlement of Pensacola by the Spaniards, and "1821", the year of the first city government under General Andrew Jackson, United States Army, and on the right side of the shield the figures "1895" and "1913," the dates respectively of the formation of the aldermanic and commission governments, and beneath the shield the figures "1931," the date of the institution of the council-manager government."

References

• http://www.pensacolapolice.com/details.asp?pid=2482
• http://www.digiserve.com/heraldry/symbols.htm