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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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Utah State Symbols Online

Utah Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

 

Utah 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 Utah state facts such as Utah 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 Utah, 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.

 

 
Utah State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol

Name - Scientific

Adopted

Animal Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus canadensis) Feb 1,
1971
Astronomical Symbol The Beehive Cluster 1996
Bird California Gull (Larus californious) Feb 14,
1955
Centennial Star Dubhe 1996
Centennial Tartan Tartan Feb 28,
1996
Cooking Pot Dutch Oven 1997
Emblem Beehive Mar 4,
1959
Fish Bonneville Cutthroat Trout (Salmo clarki) 1977
Flag State Flag 1913
Flower Sego Lily (Calochortus nuttallii)   Mar18,
1911
Folk Dance Square Dance 1994
Fossil Allosaurus 1988
Fruit Cherry 1997
Gem Topaz Feb 4,
1969
Grass Indian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) Mar 13,
1990
Historic  Vegetable Sugar Beet May 6,
2002
Hymn

"Utah We Love Thee"
Adopted Song on (February 17, 1937.)
Change to Hymn (May 5, 2003)
 

Feb 19,
1917; 
May 5,
2003
Insect Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Mar16,
1983
Mineral Copper 1944
Motto Industry Mar 4,
1959
Nicknames NA NA
Railroad Museum Odgen Union Station 1988
Rock Coal Mar 13,
1991
Seal Great Seal Apr 3,
1896
Song "Utah, This is the Place" May 5,
2003
Tree Blue Spruce (Picea pungens ) Feb 20,
1933
Vegetable Spanish Sweet Onion May 6,
2002
 
 

 

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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