Out of many, one.

E pluribus unum. That beautiful sentiment resides on the great seal of the U.S., reflecting how 13 colonies became one nation, how disparate people united to form one government for all, respecting the individual, recognizing the shared community.

While sometimes mistakingly referred to as the motto of the U.S., it isn’t. “In God We Trust” is our motto, though not coined by our founding fathers, but rather adopted by Congress in 1956.