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What's your state's symbols?
I live on the border of 3 states and own property in 2 of them. These 3 states share a lot of state symbols but also have some unique ones of their own.
Mostly Maryland is into state symbols- sport-jousting. The area I come from takes it seriously and I went to school with some families that are really into it. fish-rockfish, it's the same as Virginia's since they share the bay but in Virginia it's called a striped bass. It's good eating no matter what you call it. crusteacean- blue crab of course, see above. dog- Cheasapeak Bay retreiver cake-Smith Island cake-it's finger lickin' good reptile-diamondback terrapin, in WV it's the timber rattlesnake. What are your state's symbols? |
Ohio
insect: ladybug bird: cardinal flower: scarlet carnation That's all I can remember now. |
Fish; Walleye Pike
Bird; Common Loon Rock: Lake Superior Agate Mushroom; Morel Tree: Norway (Red) Pine Sport: Hockey Muffin: Blueberry (no kidding!) Apple: Honeycrisp Animal: 13 lined ground squirrel (Gopher) Flower: Showy Lady Slipper |
Tinknal -I love honeycrisp apples. They are great for eating.
West Virginia's apple is the Grimes golden. I use it in my applesauce along with a yellow delicious. It makes a sweet applesauce so we don't need to use sugar in it. But for eating, the honeycrisp is one of the best. And the morel is the best mushroom going- of course that's all my opinion:nanner: |
The Honeycrisp was developed at the University of Minnesota.
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Ohio's state tree is, of course, buckeye.
Fruit is tomato. NW Ohio has many tomato processors, Heinz, Hunts, Campbells, Starcross, etc. Animal is white tail deer (too darn many). Hang on Sloopy, rock song. Beautiful Ohio, state song. Fish, walleye. Wildflower, white trillium. |
Idaho:
State Fish: Cutthroat Trout State Bird: Mountain Bluebird State Horse: Apaloosa State Flower: Syringa State Gem: Idaho Star Garnet State Tree: Western White Pine |
PA
state animal - whitetail deer flower - mountain laurel bird - ruffed grouse dog - great dane (I think William Penn had one) plant - crown vetch insect - firefly cookie - chocolate chip drink - milk and have you ever heard this song?? "strike up the music the band has begun The Pennsylvania Polka" I can play it on accordian ;) |
Mississippi:
State bird: Mockingbird State flower and tree: Magnolia State land mammal: White-tailed Deer State water mammal: Bottle-nosed Dolphin State water fowl: Wood Duck State fish: Largemouth Bass State insect: Honeybee (guess Louisiana got the mosquito) State beverage: Milk State song: Go, Mississippi by Houston Davis (I've never heard it) |
Here is Michigan's...
Border States: Illinois Indiana Minnesota (water border) Ohio Wisconsin The State Motto. "Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice" translated means, "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you." State Flag & Coat of Arms Adopted in 1911 (third since becoming a state in 1837) On the blue shield the sun rises over a lake and peninsula, a man with raised hand and holding a gun represents peace and the ability to defend his rights. The elk and moose are symbols of Michigan, while the eagle represents the United States List order by Designation by Year of adoption Designation Symbol / Emblem Adopted Sources... Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Michigan Adventure! Discover Our State Symbols!, <http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-54463_18670-67748--,00.html> (Accessed July 18, 2010) Shankle, George Earlie. State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols. Irvine, Calif.: Reprint Services Corp, Revised edition, 1971. Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols: A Historical Guide Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 3 Sub edition, 2001. Bird Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1931 Children's Book The Legend of Sleeping Bear 1998 Fish Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) 1988 Flag Find out more... 1911 Flower Apple Blossom (Pyrus coronaria) 1897 Fossil Mastodon (Mammut americanum) 2002 Game Mammal Whitetail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) 1997 Gem Isle Royal Greenstone (Chlorastrolite) 1973 Great Seal Find out more... 1835 Historical Society Historical Society of Michigan 2002 Reptile Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) 1995 Soil Kalkaska Soil Series 1990 Song My Michigan," words by Giles Kavanagh and music by H. O'Reilly Clint 1937 Stone Petoskey Stone (Hexagonaria pericarnata) 1965 Tree White Pine (Pinus strobus) 1955 Wildflower Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris) 1998 RHTricia |
I googled:
Ohio symbols not previously mentioned State Beverage - Tomato Juice State Fossil - Isotelus State Gemstone - Flint State Groundhog: Buckeye Chuck State Reptile - Black Racer |
TN
tree: tulip poplar flower: wild- purple passion flower cultivated- iris fruit: tomato bird: mockingbird (bobwhite quail is official game bird) fish: largemouth bass & channel cat wild animal: raccoon horse: TN Walking Horse reptile: eastern box turtle amphibian: TN cave salamander insects: ladybug, honey bee, firefly, and the zebra swallowtail is the official butterfly song: we have 9 official state songs none of which I had heard of, lol poem: Oh Tennessee, My Tennessee state folk dance: square dance |
Utah's
animal - rocky mountain elk astronomical symbol - beehive cluster bird - California seagull cooking pot- dutch oven fish - Bonneville cutthroat trout flower - sego lily dance - square dance firearm - browning m1911 fossil - allosaurous fruit - cherry gem - topaz grass - Indian rice grass hymn - Utah we love thee insect- honeybee mineral - copper motto - industry rock - coal song - Utah this is the place star - Dubhe tartan represents the Logan and Skene Scottish clans tree - blue spruce vegetable - Spanish sweet onion vegetable historic - sugar beet snack - jello (not official) |
Arkansas:
Butterfly - Diana Fritillary Bird - Mockingbird Mammal - White Tailed Deer Flower - Apple Blossom Fruit/Veggie - South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato Quarter - Arkansas State Quarter Cooking Vessel - Dutch Oven Creed - Arkansas State Creed Origin of Name - French Interpretation of Sioux word Acansa meaning downstream place Nickname - The Natural State Insect - Honeybee Gem - Diamond Beverage - Milk Grain - Rice Tree - Loblolly Pine Mineral - Quartz Crystal Rock - Bauxite Motto - The People Rule Language - English Folk Dance - Square Dance Instrument - Fiddle Soil - Stuttgart Soil Song - #1: Oh Arkansas #2: Arkansas, You Run Deep In Me #3: Arkansas #4: The Arkansas Traveler |
Here is a website you could go to and find the symbols, emblems and icons of all the states symbols. Quite interesting.
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Washi...teSymbols.html Rod<---in Appleton, WA |
Maryland likely got their urge to joust from waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when Sir Walter Scott wrote Ivanho?. The book caught on over here like a storm, and there were jousting societys from Maryland on South. The North had a few also, But in the south men were born nearly on horseback, and they tried to live a medieval type of life. It got so regimented that when the Civil War started Many regiments in both sides, but especially in the south went to war with spears. In the early days, the South didnt have many carbines for its cavelry. They armed themselves with sawed off shotguns, Sawed off flintlocks, and in alot of cases those spears that they used lance fashion on horseback, in which they were very proificiant haveing practiced with them for years befor the war. The north, couldnt hardly set a regiment on horseback and keep it there, and when they saw a bunch of riders approching them like knights, they didnt feel the need to stay and take a spear, and so they ran. Later that would all change.
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We have some pretty neat slogans in Minnesota.
Minnesota - Land of 10,000 lakes Minnesota - Land of 10,000 liberals Minnesota - Land of 10,000 taxes |
Texas
TEXAS SYMBOLS, EMBLEMS, & ICONS
Texas State Air Force - Commemorative Air Force Texas State Bird - mockingbird Texas State Bread - pan de campo (cowboy bread) Texas State Bluebonnet Festival - Chappell Hill Bluebonnet Festival Texas State Bluebonnet Trail - Ennis bluebonnet trail Texas State Caricature Artist - Kid Cardona Texas State Cooking Implement - Dutch oven Texas State Dinosaur - Brachiosaur sauropod, Pleurocoelus Texas State Dish - chili Texas State Dog - blue lacy Texas State Fiber and Fabric - cotton Texas State Fish - Guadalupe bass Texas State Flag Texas State Flower - bluebonnet Texas State Flower Song - "Bluebonnets" by J. D. Booth and L. C. Crockett Texas State Flying Mammal - Mexican free-tailed bat Texas State Footwear - Cowboy boot Texas State Folk Dance - square dance Texas State Footwear - cowboy boot Texas State Fruit - Texas red grapefruit Texas State Gemstone and Gemstone Cut - Texas blue topaz - lonestar cut Texas State Grass - sideoats grama grass Texas State Health Nut - pecan Texas State Insect - monarch butterfly Texas State Large Mammal - longhorn Texas State Molecule (proposed) - Buckyball Texas State Motto - "Friendship" Texas State Music Hall of Fame - Tejano Music Hall of Fame, Alice TX Texas State Music (proposed): Western swing music Texas State Musical Instrument - guitar Texas State Name Origin Texas State Nickname - "The Lone Star State" Texas State Native Pepper - chiltepin pepper Texas State Native Shrub - Texas purple sage Texas State Pastry - sopaipilla Texas State Pastry - strudel Texas State Pepper - jalapeno Texas State Plant - prickly pear cactus Texas State Plays - The Lone Star - Texas - Beyond Sundown - Fandangle Texas State Pledge - pledge to Texas flag Texas State Precious Metal - silver Texas State Quarter Texas State Railroad - Texas State Railroad Texas State Reptile - horned lizard Texas State Seal Texas State Shell - lightning whelk Texas State Ship - U.S.S. Texas Texas State Shrub - crape myrtle Texas State Small Mammal - nine-banded armadillo Texas State Snack - tortilla chips and salsa Texas State Song - "Texas, Our Texas" by W. J. Marsh and G. Y. Wright Texas State Sport - rodeo Texas State Stone - petrified palmwood Texas State Tall Ship - Elissa Texas State Tartan - Texas Bluebonnet Tartan Texas State Tie - bolo tie Texas State Tree - pecan tree Texas State Vegetable - Texas sweet onion Texas State Vehicle - chuckwagon - Connestoga Wagon |
Mississippi. I think ours is just a fat person.
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NEW JERSEY SYMBOLS, EMBLEMS, & ICONS:
New Jersey State American Folk Dance - square dance New Jersey State Animal - horse New Jersey State Bird - eastern goldfinch New Jersey State Bug - honeybee New Jersey State Colors - buff and Jersey blue New Jersey State Dinosaur - Hadrosaurus foulkii New Jersey State Fish - brook trout New Jersey State Flag New Jersey State Flower - violet New Jersey State Fruit - highbush blueberry New Jersey State Memorial Tree - dogwood New Jersey State Motto - "Liberty and Prosperity" New Jersey State Name Origin New Jersey State Nickname - "The Garden State" New Jersey State Quarter New Jersey State Seal New Jersey State Shell - knobbed whelk New Jersey State Tall Ship - A. J. Meerwald New Jersey State Tree - red oak |
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