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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 Date 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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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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