Direct Answer • Key Takeaway
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress of the Newly Independent Nation Formed a Committee with Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to “Bring in a Device for a Seal for the United States of America” (Congressional Resolution, July 4, 1776). the Task Proved to Be Far More Difficult Than Expected. “It Took Six Year's, Two More Committees, and the Combined Efforts of 14 Men Before the Great Seal of the United States Became a Reality on June 20, 1782” (The Great Seal of the United States, Bureau of Public Affairs, September 1996, P. 2).
