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1935 (1970) [ note 1][ 8][ 9] Botanical garden. State Botanical Garden of Georgia. 1984 [ 10] Butterfly. Eastern tiger swallowtail. Papilio glaucus.
The flag of Georgia is the flag of the U.S. state of Georgia. Its current iteration was adopted on February 19, 2003. The flag bears three horizontal stripes (a red-white-red triband) and features a blue canton containing a ring of 13 white stars that encircle the state's gold-colored coat of arms. The ring of stars that encompass the state's ...
Seal of Georgia. Shark tooth. Southeastern Railway Museum. Square dance. The State Botanical Garden of Georgia. Staurolite. Swamp Gravy.
The State of Georgia's first constitution was ratified in February 1777. Georgia was the 10th state to ratify the Articles of Confederation on July 24, 1778, [13] and was the 4th state to ratify the United States Constitution on January 2, 1788. [14] Slaves with the cotton they had picked. Georgia, c. 1850
Seal of Georgia. The Great Seal of the State of Georgia is a device that has historically been used to authenticate government documents executed by the state of Georgia. [ 1] The first great seal of the state was specified in the State Constitution of 1777, and its current form was adopted in 1799 with alterations in 1914. [ 1]
U.S. states, districts, and territories have representative symbols that are recognized by their state legislatures, territorial legislatures, or tradition.Some, such as flags, seals, and birds have been created or chosen by all U.S. polities, while others, such as state crustaceans, state mushrooms, and state toys have been chosen by only a few.
List of U.S. state dances. Many states of the United States have adopted official dances as one of their state symbols. The practice has extended to U.S. territories and Washington, D.C. [ 1] Starting in the 1970s, many states adopted square dance as their state dance, the result of a campaign by square dancers to make it the national dance. [ 2]
State symbols: State amphibian: American green tree frog (Hyla cinerea) State bird: Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) State flower: Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata) State marine Mammal: North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Butterfly: Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) Fruit: Peach; Insect: Honeybee; Prepared Food: Grits; Fish ...