Quote Originally Posted by WVHighlander View Post
That would be interesting...for sure. I would look into that. The main reason for Scotland is heritage.

It funny with G. Washington, J. Adams (both), and T. Jefferson so interested in heraldry that we didn't come up with our own office. I do understand the reason at the time being disdain for ANYTHING old world, elite, or noble. Even the Society of Cincinnati got remarks about it when it was created.
The AHS had a nice collection of articles on the arms of American Presidents:

http://www.americanheraldry.org/page...n=Main.Notable

Washington was the most enthusiastic about heraldry, and said that there was nothing incompatiable with the Republic in a letter to a fellow who wanted to form an American "college of arms" after the Revolution. I don't think the Adamses or TJ shared Washington's enthusiasm, although as you state, they did have their own arms.

My favorite president, Theodore Roosevelt, was also "dee-lighted" in bearing arms, and reportedly had a tattoo of them somewhere on his body.

T.