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

 

 

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'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 Theatre

The Springer Opera House The Springer Opera House

 

Adopted in 1992

 

 

A historic landmark with antecedents stretching back to Edwin Booth, the Springer Opera House was built in 1871 in Columbus, GA, and stands as the state's official theatre. After quite a checkered existence, the theatre was renovated over a two year period, from 1997 through 1999. The goal was to restore the public areas and auditorium to the way they were in 1901, yet add totally modern stage equipment and technical systems.


Plush seats and marble floors glow under lamp light in a Victorian theatre where legends of stage and politics have performed. Opened in 1871, the Springer Opera House in Columbus has hosted Oscar Wilde, William Jennings Bryan, Booker T. Washington, Will Rogers and scores of dramas, operas and concerts. Restored in the 1960's, the Opera House was named a National Historic Landmark in 1978. Governor Jimmy Carter proclaimed it the State Theatre of Georgia for the 1971-72 season.

 

 

Georgia Code, Title 50, Chapter 3
50-3-66.
The Springer Opera House is designated as the official Georgia state theater.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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