List of Georgia state symbols
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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
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The Flag of Georgia
Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Reptile | Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus |
1989 | ![]() |
School | Plains High School | ||
Seal | Great Seal of Georgia | 1914[note 1] | ![]() |
Seashell | Knobbed Whelk Busycon carica |
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Song | Georgia on My Mind lyrics by Stuart Gorrell and music by Hoagy Carmichael[note 2][1] with words by Robert Loveman.[2] |
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Tartan | Georgia Tartan | ![]() | |
Theater | Springer Opera House Columbus |
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Tree | Southern Live Oak Quercus virginiana |
1937 | ![]() |
Transportation History Museum | Southeastern Railway Museum | ||
Vegetable | Vidalia sweet onion | 1990 | ![]() |
Waltz | "Our Georgia" | ||
Wildflower | Azalea | ![]() |
Notes
- ↑ The state seal was originally adopted in 1776, but its current form was approved in 1914.
- ↑ The previous State Song "Georgia" was composed by Lollie Belle Wylie
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- Georgia State Symbols at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2008-11-27)
- Georgia State Symbols, Songs, and Emblems
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