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State Symbols USA

Discover the Rich Tapestry of State Symbols, Icons, and Treasures Across the USA

Welcome to our newly redesigned site! We hope you enjoy exploring state symbols, national symbols, and different places in the US.
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Our Mission
About Us
Our Mission

State Symbols USA is dedicated to promoting appreciation and conservation of our natural, historic, and cultural treasures through an interactive website providing information on state and national symbols & icons, cities, towns, parks, landmarks, historic markers, and historic and iconic figures. We promote further learning by offering teachers, home-schooling parents, students, and the general public a free, user-friendly, interactive, and shared educational resource. The organization will maintain a high-quality, classroom-appropriate website and conduct outreach to educators to expand classroom and community OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE.

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Our Mission
Adopting State Symbols
When did the U.S. Begin Adopting State Symbols?

A "National Garland of Flowers" created for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago (made of representative flowers from each state) was the inspiration for adopting official state flowers. This began a trend that led to the adoption of official state birds, state trees, and all the unique state symbols recognized today.

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How is a State Symbol Created?

A social studies teacher describes how she and her 7th-grade students championed the cowboy boot as a state symbol on the Texas state footwear page; read how students in Alaska initiated adoption of the official state dog; how a high school student campaigned for state dinosaur of Arkansas; how 3rd-graders in Alabama worked to have the endangered Red Hills salamander recognized as state amphibian; how 4th- graders pushed for a state dog in Delaware, how an 11-year-old initiated steps to adopt a state reptile for Virginia ...