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Seal of the City of Pensacola

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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 [[Spanish Pensacola|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 [[Pensacola City Commission|commission]] governments, and beneath the shield the figures "[[1931]]," the date of the institution of the [[Pensacola city charter|council-manager government]]."<ref>[http://library8.municode.com:80/default-test/template.htm?view=browse&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=tocid&doc_key=416385e71c146844b338cea7592e0818&infobase=11418 s. 1-1-2, Code of the City of Pensacola.]</ref>
==References==
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*http://www.pensacolapolice.com/details.asp?pid=2482
*http://www.digiserve.com/heraldry/symbols.htm