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Seal of the Oregon Territory with the Latin phrase Alis volat propriis. Alis volat propriis is a Latin phrase used as the motto of the U.S. state of Oregon. [1]The official English version of the motto is "She flies with her own wings" in keeping with the tradition of considering countries and territories to be feminine.
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, the motto of Oklahoma. South Carolina has two state mottos. Freedom and Unity, the motto of Vermont on its state quarter. Salus populi suprema lex esto, the motto of Missouri on its state seal.
List of Oregon state symbols. The obverse of the flag of Oregon, the state's flag. The U.S. state of Oregon has 27 official emblems, as designated by the Oregon State Legislature. Most of the symbols are listed in Title 19, Chapter 186 of the Oregon Revised Statutes (2011 edition). [1] Oregon's first symbol was the motto Alis Volat Propriis ...
Oregon (/ ˈɒrɪɡən, - ɡɒn / ⓘ ORR-ih-ghən, -gon) [ 7 ][ 8 ] is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho.
Seal of Oregon. The Seal of the State of Oregon is the official seal of the U.S. state of Oregon. It was designed by Harvey Gordon in 1857, two years before Oregon was admitted to the Union. The seal was preceded by the Salmon Seal of the Provisional Government and the Seal of the Oregon Territory. The state seal is mandated by Article VI of ...
Contents. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States. The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. The names of 24 states derive from indigenous languages of the Americas and one from Hawaiian.
The earliest evidence of the name Oregon has Spanish origins. The term " orejón " comes from the historical chronicle Relación de la Alta y Baja California (1598) [2] written by Rodrigo Montezuma, a man of New Spain. His work made reference to the Columbia River when the Spanish explorers penetrated into the actual North American territory ...
The flag of the state of Oregon is a two-sided flag in navy blue and gold with an optional gold fringe. On the front is the escutcheon from the state seal and on the reverse is a gold figure of a beaver, the state animal. Oregon is the only U.S. State to feature different designs on both sides of its flag (the flag of Massachusetts was changed ...