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Alabama State Symbols Online

Alabama Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

Alabama State Symbols Online is a state resource directory containing descriptions and pictures of the state symbols, emblems, and mascots of the state of Alabama, which can be quickly accessed. This resource guide represents many of Alabama state facts such as Alabama state symbols, the state flower, the state gemstone, the state insect, the state tree, the state bird, the state animal, the state flag that flies over Alabama, and the capital, as well as many more symbols, emblems, and mascots. These types of state directories are designed to help children learn, and are often used by children in the public and private education system as well as home schooled children.

Alabama State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol Name - Scientific Date Adopted
Agriculture Museum Dothan Landmark Park 1992
American Folk Dance Square Dance 1981
Amphibian Red Hills salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti Highton) 1961
Barbeque Championship Demopolis "Christmas on the River Barbeque Cookoff" 1991
Bible State Bible 1853
Bird Yellowhammer (Colaptes auratus, Linnaeus) Sep 6,
1927
Butterfly Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) May 2,
1989
Creed Alabamian's Creed Jul 29,
1953
Coat of Arms Coat-of-Arms Mar 14,
1939
Flag Crimson Cross of St. Andrew/white field Feb 16,
1895
Flower Camellia (Camellia japonica L.) Aug 26,
1959
Fossil Zeuglodon (Basilosaurus Cetoides) 1984
Fresh Water Fish Largemouth Bass (Micropterus punctulatus) Oct 10,
1975
Fruit Blackberry (Rubus occidentalis) Apr 30,
2004
Game Bird Wild Turkey Sep 6,
1980
Gemstone Star Blue Quartz 1990
Historic Theatre Alabama Theatre for the Performing Arts 1993
Horse Racking Horse 1975
Horse Show The Alabama Championship Horse Show 1988
Horseshoe Tourament Stockton Fall Horseshoe Tournament 1992
Insect Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexipuss) 1995
Mammal Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
Mascot Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) May 2,
1989
Mineral Red Iron Ore(Hematite) 1967
Motto Audemus jura nostra defendere (We Dare Defend Our Rights) 1939
Nicknames NA
Nut Pecan (Juglandaceae Carya illinoensis) Feb 2,
1982
Outdoor Drama "The Miracle Worker" by William Gibson's 1991
Outdoor Musical Drama
"The Incident at Looney's Tavern" 1993
Poets Laureate Honorary office of Poet Laureate of Alabama 1931
Quilt Pine Burr Quilt Mar 11,
1997
Renaissance Faire Florence Renaissance Faire 1988
Reptile Red-Bellied Turtle (Pseudemys alabamensis) 1990
Rock Marble 1969
Saltwater Fish Tarpon (tarpon atlanticus) 1995
Seal Great Seal 1939
Shell Johnstone's Junonia (Scaphella junonia johnstoneae) 1990
Soil Bama Soil Series Apr 22,
1997
Song "Alabama,"
Written by Julia S. Tutwiler
Composed by Edna Gockel Gussen
Mar 3,
1931
Spirit Conecuh Ridge Alabama Fine Whiskey 2004
Tree Southern Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris Miller) 1997
Wildflower
Oak-leaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia Bartr.)
1999
State Symbols
State Map: Symbols
State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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