Sandra Davidson
North Carolina, my adopted home, has been in the news for a variety of reasons lately. This story from Carroll Leggett is a brief but fascinating tale of how you can take something for granted, just because it's there. Fortunately, it did not become a scandal in the 70s the way it could today.
I checked the general statutes which stated a copy of the official Great Seal of the State of North Carolina should be filed with the Secretary of State. So, I walked to the Capital and found then Secretary of State Thad Eure who, as always, was eager to talk. Eure said he would show me what he had, but no copy had ever been filed in accordance with the statute, so in effect there was no actual “official” seal. He retrieved an envelope from a file cabinet that had an image of the state seal in it. The envelop itself bore the image of a seal that differed from that inside.
At that point, I figured we were in trouble.
Reminds me of the "unofficial creed" of the United States Postal Service.
And let's not even get into the dubious dates on the Great Seal.
