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State Symbols
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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage
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New Jersey Symbols
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New Jersey State Colors
Buff and Jersey Blue
Adopted on September 30, 1965.
The New Jersey State flag displays the official State colors. The State seal is presented in Jersey blue on a buff background. The colors were chosen by General George Washington in 1779, after he was headquartered in New Jersey during the Revolutionary war. These were the military colors used by the New Jersey troops. The colors were adopted on September 30, 1965.
CHAPTER 170, LAWS OF N.J.
Approved September 30, 1965
SENATE, NO. 159
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Introduced February 15, 1965
BY SENATOR FARLEY
AN ACT establishing the official colors of the State of New
Jersey.
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State
of New Jersey:
The official colors of the State of New Jersey for use
on the state flag and for other purposes shall be buff and
Jersey blue.
For the purposes of this act the specifications,
references and designations for the official colors of the
State are as follows:
Jersey Blue (Cable No. 70087, royal blue. The Color
Association of the United States, Inc.)
Buff (Cable No. 65015, US Army buff. The Color
Association of the United States, Inc.)
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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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