Iconic State Seal At General Assembly Gets Touchup Print
State Government
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Monday, 29 August 2016 15:19
Repair work on the huge state seal outside the Legislative Building should be finished by the end of September at a cost of about $43,000 Charles Weathersby, General Assembly facility manager has told Pat Gannon of the Insider.
 
The seal was embedded in the walkway in front of the Legislative Building on Jones Street shortly after the building opened in 1963. The ring being replaced includes the words, “The Great Seal of the State of North Carolina” and “Esse Quam Videri,” the state motto, along with two stars.
 
Weather had caused cracking and chunks breaking off near the bottom of the seal. 
 
As for whether visitors to the Legislative Building should walk on or around the seal, Weathersby told Gannon that debate was started by  former Senate leader Marc Basnight. “He didn’t want to see anybody walking on it, but shoe leather’s the least of the problems out there." 
 
Still, Weathersby walks around it. 
Last Updated on Monday, 29 August 2016 15:45