The eagle, grasping an olive branch and arrows in its talons on the Great Seal, appears on official U.S. documents, military uniform buttons and every U.S. passport. Though it's the "most pictured ...

Bettmann via Getty Images For more than 200 years, the bald eagle has been featured on the country’s Great Seal, which shows the bird carrying an olive branch and arrows in its talons.

With its distinctive brown body, white head and yellow beak, the bald eagle grasps an olive branch and arrows in its talons on the seal, which is used on official documents, military uniform ...

The seal is made up of the eagle, an olive branch, arrows, a flag-like shield, the motto "E Pluribus Unum" and a constellation of stars. Congress that same year designated the bald eagle as the ...