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Delaware State Symbols Online

Delaware Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

 

Delaware 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 Delaware state facts such as Delaware 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 Delaware, 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 homeschooled children.

 

 
Delaware State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol

Name - Scientific

Adopted
Beverage Milk Jun 3,
1983
Bird Blue Hen Chicken Apr 14,
1939
Bug Lady Bug Apr 25,

1974
Butterfly Tiger Swallowtail (Pterourus glaucus) Jun 10,
1999
Colors Colonial Blue and Buff Jul 24,
1913
Fish Weakfish (Cynoscion genus) 1981
Flag State Flag Jul 24,
1913
Floral Emblem Peach Blossom(Prunus persica) May 9,
1895
Flower Peach Blossom(Prunus persica) 1955
Fossil Belemnite (Belemnitella americana) Jul 2,
1996
Herb Sweet Golden Rod (Solidago odora) Jun 24,
1996
Macroinvertebrate Stonefly (Order Plecoptera) May 4,
2005
Marine Animal Horseshoe Crab 2002
Mineral Sillimanite 1977
Motto Liberty and Independence 1847
Nickname “The First State” May 23,

2002
Seal Great Seal Jan 17,
1777
Soil Greenwich loam Apr 20,
2000
Song "Our Delaware" Apr 07,
1925
Star Delaware Diamond Jun 30,
2000
Tree American Holly (Aquifoliaceae Ilex opaca aiton) May 1,
1939
 
 
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