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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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North Dakota State Symbols Online

North Dakota Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

North Dakota 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 North Dakota state facts such as North Dakota 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 North Dakota, 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.

North Dakota State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots
State Symbol	Name - Scientific	Adopted
American Folk Dance	Square Dance	1995
Art Museum	The North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks	1981
Beverage	Milk	1983
Bird	Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)	1947
Coat of Arms	Coat of Arms	1957
Fish	Northern Pike (Esox lucius)	1969
Flag	State Flag	Jan 21, 1911
Flower	Wild Prairie Rose - Rosa blanda or Arkansana (Rosa setigera)	1907
Fossil	Teredo Petrified Wood	1967
Grass	Western Wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii)	1977
Honorary Equine	The Nokota Horse (Equus caballus)	1993
Language	English	1987
March	"Flickertail March"	1975
Motto	Liberty and Union Now and Forever, One and Inseparable	1889
Nicknames	"Peace Garden State"	1957
Railroad Museum	Mandan Railroad Museum	1989
Seal	Great Seal	1889
Song	"North Dakota Hymn"	1947
Tree	American Elm (Ulmus americana)	1947

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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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North Dakota State Symbols Online

North Dakota Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

North Dakota State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

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