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US State Symbols

 

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

 

These US state insignia, emblems,  and mascots are designated by tradition or the respective state legislatures

 

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Nebraska State Symbols Online

Nebraska Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

 

Nebraska 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 Nebraska state facts such as Nebraska 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 Nebraska, 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.

 

 
Nebraska State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol

Name - Scientific

Adopted

American Folk Dance Square Dance Sep 19, 1997
Ballad "A Place Like Nebraska" Oct 9, 1997
Baseball Capital Wakefield Oct 9, 1997
Beverage Milk Sep 10, 1998
Bird Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) Mar 22, 1929
Fish Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Sep 13, 1997
Flag State Flag 1925
Flower Goldenrod (Solidago serotina) Apr 4, 1895
Fossil Mammoth (Elephas primigenius,
(Elephas columbi or Columbian elephant)
(Elephas imperator)
Mar 1, 1967
Gemstone Blue Chalcedony (Blue Agate) Mar 1, 1967
Grass Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) May 5, 1969
Historical Baseball Capital St. Paul Oct 9, 1997
Insect Honeybee (Apis mellifica) 1975
Mammal White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Feb 26, 1981
Motto "Equality before the law" 1867
Nickname

Cornhusker State

1945

Poet William Kloefkorn of Lincoln 1921;
Sep 11, 1982
Poet Laureate John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) 1921
River Platte River Feb 26, 1998
Rock Prairie Agate Mar 1, 1967
Seal Great Seal 1867
Soft Drink Kool-Aid May 21, 1998
Soil Holdrege series (Typic Arguistolls) Apr 5, 1979
Song "Beautiful Nebraska" Jun 21, 1967
Tree Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) 1972
Village of Lights Cody Dec 11, 1997

 

 

 

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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