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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

 

 

Georgia Symbols

 

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Georgia Symbols

'Possum, Amphibian, Art Museum, Atlas, Ballet, Beef Barbeque, Championship Cook-off, Bird, Butterfly, Center for Character Education, Creed, Crop, Fish, Flag, Floral Emblem, Folk Dance, Folk Festival, Folk Life Play, Fossil, Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center, Fruit, Game Bird, Gem, High School, Historical Drama, Insect, Language, Marine Mammal, Mineral, Motto, Musical Theatre, Nicknames, Peanut Monument, Poet Laureate, Pork Barbeque Championship Cook-off, Poultry Capital of the World, Prepared Foods, Railroad Museum, ReptileSeal, Sea Shell, Song, Tartan, Theatre, Transportation History Museum, Tree, Vegetables, Waltz, Wild Flower

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia State Prepared Foods

GritsGeorgia State Prepared Foods: Grits

 

Adopt in 2002

 

Grits are bits of ground corn or hominy which constitute a uniquely indigenous Southern food first produced by Native Americans many centuries ago. Corn is a preeminent Georgia crop grown throughout the state. Grits can be a pure and simple breakfast dish or can be incorporated into gourmet cooking through countless recipes.

 

 

Georgia Code, Title 50, Chapter 3
50-3-78.
Grits are recognized as the official prepared food of the State of Georgia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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