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Indiana State Symbols Online

Indiana Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

Indiana 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 Indiana state facts such as Indiana 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 Indiana, 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.

Indiana State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol Name - Scientific Date Adopted
Bird Cardinal (Richmondena Cardinalis Cardinalis) 1933
Flag State Flag 1917
Flower Peony (Paeonie) Mar 13, 1957
Language English 1984
Motto The Crossroads of America 1937
Nicknames "Hoosier State" NA
Poem "Indiana" 1963
River The Wabash River 1996
Sagamore of the Wasbash Award Sagamore of the Wasbash Award
Special Days George Rogers Clark Day - February 25
Northwest Ordinance Day - July 13
Indiana Day - December 11
1975

1988

1925

Seal Great Seal 1963
Song "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" 1913
Stone Limestone Mar 1, 1971
Tree Tulip / Yellow Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) 1931
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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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