Take several measurements and average them. The best way is to count the number of steps you need to walk a known distance, such as a football field, which is 300 feet. Divide the number of steps you need to cover the 300 feet. For 100 steps, the step length would be three feet.he best way is to count the number of steps you need to walk a known distance, such as a football field, which is 300 feet. Divide the number of steps you need to cover the 300 feet.
In the eagle's beak there is a banner with the state motto, State Sovereignty, National Union.. The dates on the seal, 1818 and 1868, represent the year Illinois became a state and the year in which the Great Seal was redesigned by Sharon Tyndale. Although State Sovereignty comes first in the motto, State is at the bottom and Sovereignty is upside-down.
See Alabama Coat of Arms.  Audemus jura nostra defendere has been translated as: We Dare Maintain Our Rights or We Dare Defend Our Rights.. This Latin phrase is on Alabama state coat of arms completed in 1923. It was adopted in 1939 as Alabama state motto.eneath the shield there shall be a scroll containing the sentence in Latin:  Audemus jura nostra defendere , the English interpretation of which is  We Dare Maintain Our Rights. . The word Alabama shall appear beneath the state motto.