Mississippi State Symbols: Mississippi Emblems and Mascots

Mississippi 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 Mississippi state facts such as Mississippi 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 Mississippi, 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 homeschooled children.

Mississippi State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots
State Symbol	Name - Scientific	Adopted
American Folk Dance	Square Dance	Jul 1, 1995
Automobile Museum	The Tupelo Auto Museum, Inc.	Jul 1, 2003
Beverage	Milk	Jul 1, 1984
Bird	Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)	Feb 23, 1944
Butterfly	Spicebush Swallowtail (Battus philenor)	1991
Coat of Arms	Coat of Arms	Feb 7, 2001
Fish	Largemouth or Black Bass (Micropterus salmoides)	1974
Flag	State Flag	1984
Flower	Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)	Feb 26, 1952
Fossil	Prehistoric Whale (Basilosaurus cetoides), Zygorhiza kochii	Mar 26, 1981
Grand Opera House	Grand Opera House of Meridian	1993
Historical Industrial Museum	The Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, Inc.	2004
Insect	Honeybee (Apis mellifera)	1980
Land Mammal	White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)	Apr 12, 1974-
Land Mammal	Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)	1997
Language	English	Jul 1, 1987
Motto	Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)	NA
Natural Science Museum	Mississippi Museum of Natural Science: Mississippi Game and Fish Commission's	1974
Nicknames	Nick Name	NA
Reptile	American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis)	Jul 1, 2005
Seal	Great Seal	1798
Shell	Oyster Shell (Crassostrea virginica)	Apr 12, 1974
Song	"Go, Mississippi"	May 17, 1962
Stone	Petrified Wood	May 14, 1976
Toy	Teddy Bear	Jul 1, 2002
Tree	Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)	1938
Waterfowl	Wood Duck (Aix Sponsa)	1974
Water Mammal	Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)	Apr 12, 1974
Wildflower	Coreopsis (Coreopsis sp.)	1991

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