- Seal of Catawba County, North Carolina
The Catawba County Seal was adopted by the Board of Commissioners of
Catawba County ,North Carolina onSeptember 7 ,1925 .Design
Designed by Pearl Setzer Deal of
Hickory, North Carolina , the seal incorporates a shield with in a ring which displays the name of the county and the year that the county was established, 1842.The Shield is divided into four parts, representing the national colors of the
United States ,red ,white , andblue , with the fourth color of royal purple representing the blending of the national red and blue into royal purple. The county through the royal purple stands by the national colors.The four emblems are the cross in the field of red to represent
religion , which was established with the earliest settlers; the torch in the field of white representingeducation , which was established along with the church in the earliest days; the cow in the royal purple, representing thefarming upon which the county has always depended and the dairying which made the county famous far and wide; and the wheel in the field of blue to represent themanufacturing in the county.Controversy
In the summer of 2000, [http://www.acluofnorthcarolina.org The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina] stated that they had received complaints from some Catawba County residents about the cross that appears on the Seal. A request by the ACLU to County commissioners to remove the cross was rejected Harv | Mitchell | 2000 | p=1A.
In November, 2005, County commissioners banned use of the seal for anything other than official county business Harv | Mitchell | 2005 | p=3N.
Notes
*Harvard reference
last=Mitchell
first=Hannah
author-link=
title=County Defends Cross On Seal
newspaper=The Charlotte Observer
volume=
issue=
date=August 8 ,2000
year=2000
month=August
page=1A
url=.*Harvard reference
last=Mitchell
first=Hannah
author-link=
title=Catawba Seal Now Off-Limits
newspaper=The Charlotte Observer
volume=
issue=
date=December 1 ,2005
year=2005
month=December
page=3N
url=.
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