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Topic: State symbols

	CIS: State Symbols
		The State Seal, adopted by Governor John Hancock and the Council on December 13, 1780 and made official by the General Court on June 4, 1885, is circular and bears a representation of the arms of the Commonwealth encircled with the words, "Sigillum Reipublicae Massachusettensis" (Seal of the Republic of Massachusetts).
		The State Flag is white, bearing on both sides a representation of the coat of arms like the state seal (except that the five-pointed star is white instead of silver).
		The Black-Capped Chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus) was adopted as the official State Bird by the Massachusetts Legislature on March 21, 1941.
	www.sec.state.ma.us /cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm (2395 words)

	NYS DOS, Kids' Room, Facts About NY with pictures
		It was adopted as the State beverage in 1981.
		The ladybug was adopted as the State insect in 1989.
		The bluebird was adopted as the State bird in 1970.
	www.dos.state.ny.us /kidsroom/nysfacts/stfacts.html (471 words)

	Wisconsin symbols
		Wisconsin has a variety of state symbols that have been adopted over the last 150 years.
		This symbol of Wisconsin is not an official one.
		The badger became a symbol of hardworking and energetic settlers of Wisconsin's Territory.
	www.legis.state.wi.us /senate/scc/kids/facts.htm (1128 words)

	Nevada Kids Page - Nevada State Symbols
		STATE MARCH: "Silver State Fanfare" by Gerald Willis is the official march of the State of Nevada; adopted May 29, 2001.
		The State Capitol, and the former United States Mint, are built of sandstone.
		State officials decided on the New "Sunset" License Plate because they didn't want Nevada's tags confused with Arizona's, which depicts the desert.
	dmla.clan.lib.nv.us /docs/kids/symbols.htm (829 words)

	ASLAPR -- Museum Division
		Arizona's state symbols were passed into law by the state legislature and hold special importance to Arizona and define its unique character.
		Arizona's state bird is seven to eight inches long and likes to build nests in the protection of thorny desert plants like the arms of the giant saguaro cactus.
		Arizona's state reptile is a relatively rare snake in the United States and perhaps the most beautiful of all eleven species of rattlesnakes found in Arizona.
	www.lib.az.us /museum/symbols.cfm (543 words)

	Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols
		Minnesota’s state bird is the Loon (Gavia immer), designated by Minnesota Statute 1.145, adopted by the Legislature in 1961.
		Minnesota Statute 1.149 adopted the morel as the state mushroom for Minnesota.
		The official state tree of Minnesota is the red or Norway pine (Pinus resinosa).
	www.leg.state.mn.us /leg/symbols.asp (1291 words)

	PHMC: Pennsylvania History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The State Seal of Pennsylvania does not use the term, but it is a traditional, official designation used in referring to the state, and legal processes are in the name of the Commonwealth.
		The State Seal has two faces: the obverse, which is the more familiar face and the one most often referred to as the "State Seal," and the reverse, or counter-seal, which is used less frequently.
		The State Seal is in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/pahist/symbols.asp?secid=31 (1268 words)

	Maryland Kids Page State Symbols
		It was symbolized by the Wye Oak that stood at Wye Mills on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
		The Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) is the State reptile and official mascot of the University of Maryland College Park.
		On October 1, 2001 the Calico cat was chosen as Maryland's State Cat because of the colors.
	www.mdkidspage.org /StateSymbols.htm (873 words)

	Iowa General Assembly - Iowa State Synbols
		The state seal is retained in the custody of and under the control of the Governor, who uses the seal for official documents and functions.
		It was chosen as the state bird because it is commonly found in Iowa and often stays through the winter.
		Legislators who favored making the Geode the state rock pointed out that it is among the rarest and most beautiful of rocks and that Iowa is known worldwide because of the large number found in the state.
	www.legis.state.ia.us /Pubinfo/StateSymbols (921 words)

	State Information
		The present Oklahoma State Flag adopted by the State Legislature in 1925, is Oklahoma's 14th flag.
		Oklahoma has for its state seal a symbol that was developed from the history of the state.
		Mistletoe grows on trees throughout the state and is particularly bountiful in the southern regions of Oklahoma.
	www.oklaosf.state.ok.us /osfdocs/stinfo.html (707 words)

	Symbols of New York State
		By action of the State Legislature, the bluebird, beaver, brook trout, sugar maple, wild rose, nine spotted lady beetle, bay scallop, eurypterid, and garnet officially represent the state's birds, mammals, fish, insects, mollusks, trees, wildflowers, fossils and minerals.
		Symbolizing pure water as well as an excellent fish, the brook trout inhabits clear, cold lakes and streams.
		Our state shell is abundant on eastern Long Island Sound, in shallow water of salt-water bays where the bottom is covered with sand or seaweed and on mud flats.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/education/edsym.html (1096 words)

	Oregon Blue Book State Symbols
		Declared state fish by the 1961 Legislature, the Chinook Salmon is found from southern California to the Canadian Arctic.
		Below the shield, which is part of the state seal, is written "1859" the year of Oregon's admission to the union as the 33rd state.
		The state seal consists of an escutcheon, or shield, supported by 33 stars and divided by an ordinary, or ribbon, with the inscription "The Union".
	bluebook.state.or.us /kids/symbols/symbols.htm (1495 words)

	State Symbols (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1973, a special poll of 900,000 schoolchildren changed the State Tree from the Native Oak to the White Oak.
		In 1974 a third-grader from Decatur suggested that the monarch butterfly become the state insect.
		Illinois is the largest producer of Fluorite in the United States.
	www.state.il.us /kids/learn/symbols (275 words)

	Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The state flag was adopted on June 5, 1911 by an act of the General Assembly.
		The circular Seal of the State of Colorado is an adaptation of the Territorial Seal which was adopted by the First Territorial Assembly on November 6, 1861.
		The aquamarine was adopted as the official state gemstone on April 30, 1971, by an act of the General Assembly.
	www.colorado.gov /dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm (3093 words)

	California State Library - History and Culture - State Insignia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It was adopted as the State Flag by the State Legislature in 1911.
		Perhaps the most unusual state symbol is the state prehistoric artifact, the chipped stone bear.
		The official State Tartan is described as a pattern or sett consisting of alternate squares of meadow green and pacific blue that are separated and surrounded by narrow charcoal bands.
	www.library.ca.gov /history/cahinsig.cfm (3984 words)

	Symbols
		The apple blossom is the state flower in Arkansas and Michigan, two of the far flung states that received his apple seedlings.
		The American Elm (Ulmus Americana) was adopted as the official tree March 21, 1941, to commemorate the fact that General George Washington took command of the Continental Army beneath one on Cambridge Common in 1775.
		The Morgan Horse was adopted as the official state horse in 1970.
	www.msp.umb.edu /symbols.html (1099 words)

	State symbols
		The committee to design a State Flag was appointed by legislative action February 7, 1894, and provided that the flag reported by the committee should become the official flag.
		In 1935, the Director of Forestry started a movement by which to select a State Tree for Mississippi, to be selected by nomination and election by the school children of the State.
		An act to designate milk as the state beverage was adopted by the Mississippi State Legislature during the 1984 Regular Session.
	www.its.state.ms.us /et/portal/MSSymbols/symbols.htm (474 words)

	State Symbols
		States commonly select symbols to represent life within their respective borders.
		These symbols provide residents with a sense of identity and belonging to their respective states.
		Since Ohio's admittance as the seventeenth state within the United States of America in 1803, the Ohio government has adopted numerous symbols to represent the state.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /category.php?c=SS (163 words)

	Alaska Office of Economic Development
		The state seal was originally designed in 1910 while Alaska was a territory and not a state.
		The trees symbolize Alaska’s wealth of forests, and the farmer, his horse, and the three shocks of wheat represent Alaskan agriculture.
		The pheasant-like willow ptarmigan is the state bird.
	www.commerce.state.ak.us /oed/student_info/student.htm (524 words)

	Signs and Symbols ofSouth Dakota
		In recognition of its importance to the state's farm economy, the honey bee (Apis Mellifera L.) was adopted as the state insect in 1978.
		The Chinese ring-necked pheasant is the state bird.
		The state gemstone is the Fairburn agate, a semiprecious stone first discovered near Fairburn, S.D. The stone is found primarily in an area extending from Orella, Neb., to Farmingdale, S.D. It is used in jewelry and is a favorite of rock collectors.
	www.state.sd.us /state/sdsym.htm (984 words)

	Official State Symbols of North Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Both berries are grown throughout the state, and consumers can pick their own berries at farms from one end of the North Carolina to the other.
		It was one of the few states which did not have a motto and the only one of the original thirteen without one.
		The song known as "The Old North State" was adopted as the official song of the State of North Carolina by the General Assembly of 1927.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/symbols/symbols.htm (3711 words)

	About Michigan \| State of Michigan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Primarily found in the Upper Peninsula, chlorastrolite was adopted as the state gem by Public Act 56 of 1972.
		Native to Michigan and found throughout the state, the brook trout was adopted as the state fish by Public Act 5 of 1988.
		After discovering that no reptile represented the state, the children approached their state representative and followed the legislative process to its enactment as Public Act 281 of 1995.
	www.state.mi.us /AboutMichigan.asp?ref=symbols (533 words)

	State of Wyoming - General Wyoming Information
		Blue, the color of the sky and mountains, is symbolic of fidelity, justice and virility.
		The Great Seal of the State of Wyoming was adopted by the second legislature in 1893, revised by the sixteenth legislature in 1921.
		The number 44 on the five-pointed star signifies that Wyoming was the 44th state admitted to the Union.
	wyoming.gov /state/wyoming_news/general/general.asp (515 words)

	State of Illinois - Illinois Facts Section
		In its beak it holds a streamer with the state motto on it.
		The state motto means that Illinois governs itself under the government of the United States.
		The State of Illinois has a copyright for the exclusive use of the slogan.
	www.illinois.gov /facts/symbols.cfm (158 words)

	Kentucky State Symbols - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
		Pledge of Allegiance to State Flag: "I pledge allegiance to the Kentucky flag, and to the Sovereign State for which it stands, one Commonwealth, blessed with diversity, natural wealth, beauty, and grace from on High." Adopted 2000.
		State Amphitheater: Iroquois Amphitheater, adopted 2001 (KRS 2.225)
		State Tug-o-War Championship: The Forsdville (Ohio County) Tug-of-War Championship, adopted 1990 (KRS 2.260)
	www.kdla.ky.gov /resources/KYSymbols.htm (435 words)

	State Symbols
		Symbolmania: by statute or resolution, legislators continue to adopt symbols to represent their state.
		Symbols of Substance: Court and State in Nayaka Period Tamilnadu.
		Unpeaceful symbol: a look at the history of the so-called peace symbol reveals that it originated in ancient pagan rituals, and that......
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0801717.html (358 words)

	Online Sunshine for Kids State Symbols
		The 1899 Legislature adopted a joint resolution that led to the design of our current flag: "The State Flag shall conform with standard commercial sizes and be of the following portions and descriptions: The seal of the state, in diameter one-half of the hoist, shall occupy the center of a white ground.
		It has long been an unofficial symbol of the state, as the alligator originally symbolized Florida's untamed lands.
		In most northern states, the species reaches a maximum of ten pounds, but in Florida, 20-pound catches are not uncommon.
	www.leg.state.fl.us /kids/symbols (876 words)

	Georgia State Symbols
		The Cherokee Rose was selected as state flower because of the removal of the Cherokee from the state in 1838 on what is now known as "Trail of Tears.
		The seven white petals represent the seven clans of the Cherokee and the yellow center represents the gold for which the land was stolen.
		The law that established the state songs specifies the version sung by Georgia native Ray Charles.
	ngeorgia.com /facts/symbols.html (184 words)

	Texas: Facts, Map and State Symbols - EnchantedLearning.com
		state in the USA; it was admitted on December 29, 1845.
		The official state flag of Texas, called the Lone Star Flag, was adopted in 1845 when Texas became the 28th state of the United States.
		Write your country, state, and city, and then find and label your state (and a few other geographical features).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /usa/states/texas (418 words)

	State Symbols State Flags Capitals Outline Maps State Songs State Facts History Geography Cool Schools Forums
		Louisiana governor rejects state poem on grounds of insufficient 'literary merit': Gov. Kathleen Blanco has vetoed a bill that would have created a new state poem for Louisiana, saying she was told the lines of verse are not good enough.
		Florida state pie: On June 7, 2006, Senate Bill No. 676, designating Key lime pie "the official Florida state pie", was sent to Governor Jeb Bush for his signature.
		New Hampshire state fruit: New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed a bill on May 6, 2006 making the pumpkin the official fruit of the state.
	www.netstate.com /states (594 words)

	North Carolina State Symbols
		The General Assembly of 2001 designated the blueberry as the official Blue Berry of North Carolina, and the strawberry as the state's official Red Berry.
		In the year 2000, the state's blueberry farmers grew 17,500,000 pounds of blueberries, and strawberry growers produced 23,000,000 pounds of strawberries, yielding a combined $35,325,000 in revenues.
		The first grape to be actively cultivated in the United States, the Scuppernong is a variety of muscadine grape.
	www.secretary.state.nc.us /kidspg/symbols.htm (2729 words)

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