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Maryland State Symbols Online

Maryland Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

Maryland 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 Maryland state facts such as Maryland 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 Maryland, 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.

Maryland State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol Name - Scientific Date Adopted
Bird Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 1947
Boat Skipjack 1985
Cat Calico Cat (Felis catus) Oct 1, 2001
Crustacean Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) 1989
Dinosaur Sauropod Dinosaur (Astrodon johnstoni) Oct 1, 1998
Dog Chesapeake Bay Retriever  (Ursus familiaris) 1964
Drink Milk 1998
Fish Rockfish - Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) Apr 8, 1965
Flag State Flag 1904
Flower The Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) 1918
Folk Dance Square Dance 1994
Fossil Shell Extinct Snail (Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae) Oct 1, 1994
Gem Patuxent River Stone 2004
Horse Thoroughbred Horse (Equus caballus) Oct 1, 2003
Insect Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly  (Euphydryas phaeton) 1973
Motto Fatti maschii parole femine ("manly deeds, womanly words" or "strong deeds, gentle words" ) 1776
Nicknames Nicknames NA
Reptile Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) 1994
Seal Great Seal 1876
Song "Maryland, My Maryland,"
Written by James Ryder Randall
1939
Sport Jousting 1962
Summer Theatre Olney Theatre 1978
Team Sport Lacrosse 2004
Theatre Center Stage 1978
Tree White Oak (Fagaceae Quercus alba) 1941
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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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