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

Minnesota Symbols

Minnesota Symbols

Bird, Butterfly, Drink, Fish, Flag, Flower, Gemstone, Grain, Motto, Nicknames, Muffin, Mushroom, Photograph, Seal, Song, Tree

Minnesota State Photograph

Grace

Adopted in 2002.

The photograph "Grace," depicting an elderly man bowing his head and giving thanks, taken in Bovey, Minnesota, in 1918, by Eric Enstrom, was adopted as the official state photograph in 2002. A copy of the photograph is on display in the secretary of state's office in St. Paul.

Eric Enstrom took the photograph "Grace," depicting an elderly man bowing his head and giving thanks, in Bovey, Minnesota, in 1918. A copy of the photograph is on display in the secretary of state's office in Saint Paul.

MINNESOTA STATE PHOTO: "Grace"; adopted 2002.
The photograph "Grace" depicts an elderly man bowing his head and giving thanks. It was taken in Bovey, Minnesota, in 1918, by Eric Enstrom, and is on display in the Minnesota Secretary of State's office.

Statutory citation: Minn. Stat.1.1498
History:

2002 Minn. Laws Chap. 255 Sec. 1 (SF1072)

1.1498 State photograph.
Subdivision 1. Designation. The world-renowned photograph "Grace," depicting an elderly man bowing his head and giving thanks, taken in Bovey, Minnesota, in 1918, by Eric Enstrom, is designated as the state photograph.
Subd. 2. Placement. A copy of the photograph "Grace" must be displayed in the office of the secretary of state.
HIST: 2002 c 255 s 1
Copyright 2002 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.

State Symbols

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.