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State Symbols
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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage
and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States |
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Tennessee Symbols
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Tennessee State Painting
"Tennessee Treasures"
by Tennessee artist Michael Sloan
Adopted in 1997
The painting Tennessee Treasures, by Tennessee artist Michael Sloan, was designated
as the official painting of Tennessee by Senate Joint Resolution 57 of th
100th General Assembly in 1997
The painting features Tennessee's ten most recognizable symbols—raccoon, mockingbird
iris, passion wildflower, tulip poplar, Tennessee River pearl, lady bug
zebra swallowtail, largemouth bass and limestone—as well as images of the stat
flag, the actual geographic layout of the state, a gold-embossed seal of the state, an
the signature of Tennessee's first governor, John Sevier.
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State Symbols
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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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