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The streamer at the foot of the emblem contains the State Motto of New Jersey, "Liberty and Prosperity", and the year of statehood, 1776. It was originally designed by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere in 1777 and was modified slightly in 1928. [1] The seal is the central motif in the flag of New Jersey and the great seal of the state of New Jersey.
On May 10, 2019, New Jersey became the second state in the United States to have an Official State Microbe, the bacterium Streptomyces griseus. [6] On January 21, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation that officially designates the Seeing Eye dog as the state dog of New Jersey. [7]
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Seal of the state of New Jersey, with central motif from Image:Flag of New Jersey.svg by François Massonneau (the author of xrmap) . Note: text-to-path rendering is apparently not supported by the Wikimedia SVG renderer, so curved text element was changed to a path by Himasaram.
A New Jersey State Police trooper pulls over a vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike. In the late 1990s, both the Maryland and New Jersey State Police agencies were subject to allegations of racial profiling which claimed that black motorists were being pulled over disproportionately on the New Jersey Turnpike and on Interstate 95. A nationwide ...
Juneteenth is one of 13 total state holidays that New Jersey is scheduled to observe in 2024. The other 12 holidays include: New Year's Day: 1/1. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 1/15.
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.
New Jersey’s decline stood out because it appeared to move the state from safely blue to swing state status, while the even larger drop in support in New York still resulted in a 12-point Harris ...