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Pennsylvania State Symbols Online

Pennsylvania Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

 

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania state facts such as Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, 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 homeschooled children.

 

 
Pennsylvania State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol

Name - Scientific

Adopted
Animal Whitetail Deer (Odocoileus virginanus) Oct 2, 1959
Arboretum Morris Arboretum and Gardens of the University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia Apr 29, 1988
Beautification and Conservation Plant Penngift Crownvetch (Coronilla varia l., Penngift) Jun 17, 1982
Beverage Milk Apr 29, 1982
Coat of Arms Coat of Arms 1875
Dog Great Dane (Canis familiaris) Aug 15, 1965
Electric Locomotive GG1 4859 Electric Locomotive Dec 18, 1987
Festival Laural Festival Jun 15, 1999
Fish Brook Trout (Salvelinius fontinalis) Mar 9, 1970
Flag State Flag Jun 13, 1907
Flagship United States Brig "Niagra" Apr 29, 1988
Flower Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) May 5,1933
Fossil Trilobite (Phacops rana) Dec 5, 1988
Game Bird Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) Jun 22, 1931
Insect Firefly (Poturis pensylvanica, De Geer) Apr 10,
1974
Motto Virtue, Liberty, and Independence NA
Nicknames "Keystone State" NA
Pops Orchestra Philly Pops Oct 5, 1999
Seal Great Seal 1791
Song "Pennsylvania" Nov 29, 1990
Steam Locomotive K4s Steam Locomotive Dec 18, 1987
Theatre "Walnut Street Theatre" at 9th and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia Jun 8, 1999
Tree Eastern Hemlock (Tsunga canadensis linnaeus) Jun 23, 1931
 
 
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