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

Ohio Symbols

Ohio State Pledge

"I salute the flag of the state of Ohio and pledge to the buckeye state respect and loyalty"

Adopted on November 1, 2002.

The year 2002 marked the one hundredth anniversary of Ohio's state flag. In 1901, architect John Eisenmann designed the flag, and the state legislature officially adopted the banner on May 9, 1902. To commemorate the flag's one hundredth birthday, the Ohio General Assembly adopted a pledge to the flag. The pledge states, "I salute the flag of the state of Ohio and pledge to the Buckeye State respect and loyalty." According to the legislature, Ohio residents should recite the state pledge upon completing the "Pledge of Allegiance" to the United States flag.

Ohio Legislature
[§ 5.01.3] § 5.013. Pledge.
"I salute the flag of the state of Ohio and pledge to the buckeye state respect and loyalty" is hereby adopted as the official pledge to the state flag. The pledge shall not replace, preempt, or be recited before the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag.
HISTORY: 149 v S 240. Eff 11-1-2002.

State 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.