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US State Symbols
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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage
and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States These US state insignia, emblems, and mascots are designated by tradition or the
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Connecticut State Symbols Online
Connecticut Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots
Connecticut State Symbols Online is a state resource directory containing descriptions and pictures of the state symbols, emblems, and mascots of the state, which can be quickly accessed. This resource guide represents many of Connecticut state facts such as Connecticut 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 Connecticut, 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.
Connecticut State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots |
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(Physeter Macrosephalus) |
1975 |
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(Turdus migratorius) |
1943 |
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"" by Stanley L. Ralph |
Jun 3, 2003 |
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1991 |
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1897 |
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(Kalmia latifolia) |
Apr 17,
1907 |
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1995 |
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(Eubrontes Giganteus) |
1755-1776 |
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1985 |
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1995 |
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(Mantis religiosa)
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1977 |
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(Almandine garnet) |
1977 |
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(He Who Transplanted Still Sustains) |
1784 |
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NA |
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2001 |
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1784 |
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(Crassostrea virginica) |
1989 |
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1983 |
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Words & Music: Francis Hopkinson |
Oct 01,
1978 |
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(Quercus albus) |
1947 |
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Designated by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts bi-annually |
1991 |
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State Symbols
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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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