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State Mottos
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A list of US state slogans is available, as well
as a list of US state nicknames, origin of the state names, and the state resident's
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Michigan Symbols
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Michigan State Motto
"Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice"
(If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.)
Adopted in 1835.
Language: Latin
Focus: Geographical
The State motto of Michigan, "Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice", meaning: If you seek a pleasant
peninsula, look around you, is said to have been suggested by the mural inscription on the north door of St.
Paul's Cathedral in London, which reads, Si Monumentum Requiris Circumspice. Adopted in 1835.
There are four states with mottos that focus on geography:
- Alaska: "North to the Future"
- Minnesota: "L'Etoile du Nord" (Star of the North),
- Indiana: "The Crossroads of America"
- Michigan: "Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice" (If You Seek a
Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You)
Compiled Laws
Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 2, Section 22.
CHAPTER 2. STATE.
SECTION 2.22.
2.22 State coat-of-arms; emblazonment.
Sec. 2.
The coat-of-arms shall be blazoned as follows:
Chief, Azure, motto argent Tuebor;
Charge, Azure, sun-rayed rising sinister proper, lake wavey proper, peninsula dexter grassy proper, man dexter
on peninsula, rustic, habited, dexter arm-raised, dexter turned, sinister arm with gun stock resting, all proper;
Crest, On a wreath azure and or, an American eagle rising to the dexter, tips of wings partly lowered to base,
all proper, dexter talon holding an olive branch with 13 fruit, sinister talon holding a sheaf of 3 arrows,
all proper. Over his head a sky azure environed with a scroll gules with the motto “E Pluribus Unum” argent;
Supporters;
Dexter, An elk rampant, proper;
Sinister, A moose rampant, proper;
Mottoes, On the scroll unending superior narrow argent, in sable, the motto, “Si quaeris peninsulam, amoenam.”
On the scroll unending inferior, broader argent in sable the motto “circumspice.”
Observations:
Scroll support and conventional leaf design between shield and scroll superior or;
Escutcheon supporters rest on the scroll supports and leaf design.
History: 1911, Act 209, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 1099 ;-- CL 1929, 135 ;-- CL 1948, 2.22
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Mottos of the States
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State motto is a word, phrase, or sentence inscribed on or
attached to a coin, building, or other object. A state motto expresses an important idea for a group
of people within the state.
motto (ˈmä-(ˌ)tō)
n.
Etymology:
Italian, from Late Latin muttum grunt, from Latin muttire to mutter
Date: 15th century
1: a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative
of its character or use
2: a short expression of a guiding principle |
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