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Minnesota's northerly location in the United States has resulted in its official designation as L'Étoile du Nord ("Star of the North"). There are nineteen official symbols of the US state of Minnesota, as designated by the Minnesota Legislature. [1] The first named symbol is the state's motto, L'Étoile du Nord – French for
The Great Seal of the State of Minnesota is the state seal of the U.S. state of Minnesota.It was adopted on May 11, 2024, alongside the state flag, for Statehood Day.It features a common loon, Minnesota's state bird, wild rice, the state grain, and the North Star, representing the state's motto (L'Étoile du Nord), and is themed around Minnesota's nature.
It is the motto of the U.S. state of Minnesota, [1] and the only U.S. state motto in French. It was chosen by the state's first governor, Henry Hastings Sibley, and adopted in 1861, three years after Minnesota's admission to the union. [2] The land that became Minnesota was the northernmost section in the Northwest Territory, and Minnesota is ...
Eureka, the motto of California on its state seal Nil sine numine, the motto of Colorado on its state seal Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono, the motto of Hawaii on its state quarter Crossroads of America, the motto of Indiana on its state quarter Ad astra per aspera, the motto of Kansas on its state seal Live Free or Die, the motto of New Hampshire on its state quarter Labor omnia vincit ...
Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Lakes. ... The Ocean State motto was added to license plates in 1972 to attract visitors to the state's plentiful waterfront views and sports. The state's history has ...
Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Lakes [citation needed] Mississippi: Feels Like Coming Home [citation needed] Montana: The Sky's the Limit Big Sky Country Montana - Naturally Inviting [19] [20] Nebraska: Nebraska, its not for everyone. The good life. [citation needed] Nevada: A World Within. A State Apart. [21] New Hampshire: Live Free [citation ...
50. Wyoming. Riverton’s slogan, “The Rendezvous City,” may need a bit of clarification.The city was originally used as a meeting point, or rendezvous site, for Native Americans. As white men ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.