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![[Miss Columbia with stars-and-stripes shield and eagle]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTkvMDEvMDEvbWlzcy1jb2x1bWJpYS13aXRoLXN0YXJzLWFuZC1zdHJpcGVzLXNoaWVsZC1hbmQtZWFnbGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/405/jpg "[Miss Columbia with stars-and-stripes shield and eagle]")
![[Soldier and eagle mascot beside "H" Troop flag]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTgvMDEvMDEvc29sZGllci1hbmQtZWFnbGUtbWFzY290LWJlc2lkZS1oLXRyb29wLWZsYWctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Soldier and eagle mascot beside \"H\" Troop flag]")
![[Civil War envelope showing Columbia holding American flag and cornucopia next to an eagle with a snake in its beak, and with a verse from a song]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctY29sdW1iaWEtaG9sZGluZy1hbWVyaWNhbi1mbGFnLWFuZC1jb3JudWNvcGlhLW5leHQtN2RhYjZjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/23/webp "[Civil War envelope showing Columbia holding American flag and cornucopia next to an eagle with a snake in its beak, and with a verse from a song]")
![[Woman with stars and eagle on her costume holding U.S. flag and touching tame lion under its neck]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvd29tYW4td2l0aC1zdGFycy1hbmQtZWFnbGUtb24taGVyLWNvc3R1bWUtaG9sZGluZy11cy1mbGFnLWFuZC10b3VjaGluZy10YW1lLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "[Woman with stars and eagle on her costume holding U.S. flag and touching tame lion under its neck]")
![[U.S.S. Columbia, starboard broadside]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvdXNzLWNvbHVtYmlhLXN0YXJib2FyZC1icm9hZHNpZGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[U.S.S. Columbia, starboard broadside]")
![[Civil War envelope showing eagle with shield above American flags]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctZWFnbGUtd2l0aC1zaGllbGQtYWJvdmUtYW1lcmljYW4tZmxhZ3MtODQwNjE3LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/24/webp "[Civil War envelope showing eagle with shield above American flags]")
