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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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Vermont State Symbols Online

Vermont Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

 

Vermont 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 Vermont state facts such as Vermont 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 Vermont, 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.

 

 
Vermont State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol

Name - Scientific

Adopted

Amphibian Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) 1997
Animal Morgan Horse (Equs caballus) Mar 23,
1961
Beverage Milk Apr 22, 1983
Bird Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)   Jun 1, 1941
Butterfly Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Jul 1, 1987
Coat of Arms Vermont Coat of Arms 1962
Cold Water Fish Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) May 3, 1978
Flag State Flag 1919
Flavor Maple - Vermont Sugar Maple Tree 1993
Flower Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) Feb 1, 1895
Fossil White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) Jun 6, 1993
Fruit Apple (Genus Malus) May 10, 1999
Gem Grossular Garnet 1991
Insect Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Jul 1, 1978
Mineral Talc 1991
Motto Freedom and unity 1779
Nicknames "Green Mountain State" NA
Pie Apple Pie May 10, 1999
Rock Granite, Marble, Slate 1992
Seal Great Seal Feb 20, 1779
Soil Tunbridge Soil Series Mar 27, 1985

Song

replaces

Song - Former

"These Green Mountains"
 

"HAIL, VERMONT!" (OLD)

May 22, 2000

 

May 12, 1938

Tree Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)   Mar 10, 1949
Warm Water Fish Walleye Pike (Stizosedion vitreum vitreum) May 3, 1978
 

 

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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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