List of Georgia state symbols

Location of the state of Georgia in the United States of America

This is a list of state symbols for the U.S. state of Georgia

The Flag of Georgia
Type Symbol Year Image
Amphibian American green tree frog
Hyla cinerea		 2005
Art Museum- Georgia Museum of Art
 1982
Atlas The Atlas of Georgia
 1985
Ballet Company Atlanta Ballet
 1973
Beef Barbecue Championship Cook-off The Hawkinsville Civitan Club’s “Shoot the Bull” barbecue championship 1997
Bird Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum		 1928
Botanical Garden The State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Butterfly Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus		 1988
Commemorative Plates Georgia Historical Plates
Creed Georgian's Creed
Crop Peanut 1995
Fish Largemouth Bass 1970
Flag Georgia State Flag 2003
Flower Cherokee Rose
Rosa laevigata
Folk Dance Square Dance 1996
Folk Festival Georgia Folk Festival
Folk Life Play “Swamp Gravy”
Fossil Shark tooth
Fruit Peach
Game Bird Bobwhite Quail 1970
Gem Quartz 1976
Historic Drama “The Reach of Song”
presented on the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds near Hiawassee
Insect Honeybee 1975
Marine Mammal North Atlantic right whale
Eubalaena glacialis		 1985
Mineral Staurolite 1976
Motto "Wisdom, Justice, Moderation" 1798
Musical Theatre "Jekyll Island Musical Theatre Festival"
Peanut Monument Turner County
on the west side of Interstate Highway 75 within the limits of the city of Ashburn
Poet Laureate Judson Mitcham
Pork Cook-off The Dooly County Chamber of Commerce’s “Slosheye Trail Big Pig Jig”
‘Possum Pogo ‘Possum
 1992
Prepared Food Grits
Railroad Museum The Central of Georgia Railroad Shops Complex
Savannah
Reptile Gopher tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus		 1989
School Plains High School
Seal Great Seal of Georgia 1914[note 1]
Seashell Knobbed Whelk
Busycon carica
Song Georgia on My Mind
lyrics by Stuart Gorrell and music by Hoagy Carmichael[note 2][1] with words by Robert Loveman.[2]
Tartan Georgia Tartan
Theater Springer Opera House
Columbus
Tree Southern Live Oak
Quercus virginiana		 1937
Transportation History Museum Southeastern Railway Museum
Vegetable Vidalia sweet onion 1990
Waltz "Our Georgia"
Wildflower Azalea

Notes

  1. ↑ The state seal was originally adopted in 1776, but its current form was approved in 1914.
  2. ↑ The previous State Song "Georgia" was composed by Lollie Belle Wylie

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Kelundra (April 28, 2015). "Preview: Oakland Cemetery will come to life Saturday with sound art of "Cryptophonic Tour"". Atlanta, Georgia: Arts Atl. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Crouch, Kenneth E. (March 1950). "The State Song of Georgia". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. Savannah, Georgia: Georgia Historical Society. 34 (1): 8–9. ISSN 0016-8297. JSTOR 40577207.
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