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US State Symbols

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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Ohio State Symbols Online

Ohio Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

 

Ohio 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 Ohio state facts such as Ohio 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 Ohio, 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.

 

 
Ohio State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol

Name - Scientific

Adopted

Animal White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) 1988
Beverage Tomato Juice (Lycopersicon esculentum) 1965
Bicentennial Bridge Blaine Hill Bridge Mar 15, 2002
Bird Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1933
Carnation City Alliance Apr 8, 1959
Flag State Flag May 9, 1902
Flower Scarlet Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) Feb 3,
1904
Gemstone Ohio Flint (SiO2) 1965
Insect Ladybug (Coccinella novemnotata) 1975
Invertebrate Fossil Isotelus (Isotelus sp.)
 
1985
Motto "With God all things are possible" 1959
Nicknames "Buckeye State" NA
Pledge Pledge to the State Flag Nov 1, 2002
Reptile Black Racer Snake (Coluber constrictor constrictor) 1995
Rock Song "Hang on Sloopy"   1985
Seal Great Seal 1967
Song "Beautiful Ohio" 1969
Tree Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus globra) 1953
Wild Flower Large White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) 1986
 

 

State Symbols

State Map: Symbols

 

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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