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US State Symbols
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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
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West Virginia State Symbols Online
West Virginia Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots
West Virginia 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 West Virginia state facts such as West Virginia 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 West Virginia, 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.
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(Ursus americanus) |
1973 |
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(Cardinalis cardinalis) |
1949 |
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(Danaus plexippus) |
Mar 1, 1995 |
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Sep 26, 1863 |
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Mar 8, 1963 |
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Jun 20, 1927 |
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(Salvelinus fontinalis) |
1973 |
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Mar 7, 1929 |
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(Rhodedendron Maximum) |
Jan 29, 1903 |
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Mar 7, 1972 |
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Mar 10,
1990 |
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(Apis mellifera) |
2002 |
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Sep 26,
1863 |
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(Mountaineers are always free) |
NA |
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Sep 26,
1863 |
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NA |
NA |
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1997 |
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Feb 28, 1963 Feb 28, 1963
Feb 28, 1963 |
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(Acer saccarum) |
Mar 7, 1949 |
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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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