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Symbol Date Image Bird: Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1944 [8] Butterfly: Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) 1991 [9] Fish: Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) 1974 [10] Fossil: Prehistoric whales (Basilosaurus cetoides and Zygorhiza kochii) 1981 [11] Insect: Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) 1980 [12] Land Mammals
Symbol Name File References Flag: Flag of the United States [1] Seal: Great Seal of the United States (obverse) (reverse) [2] National motto "In God We Trust" E pluribus unum [3] [4] National anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner
Along the center, the image is divided into complementary black (right) and white (left), or, as the title suggests, day and night. The birds of the image contradict the overall partition of black and white throughout the image, as the black birds are in the white part of the image, while the white birds are in the black part, each of them ...
Symbol Date designated Image Motto "Friendship" 1930 [1] [2] Nickname "The Lone Star State" [1] Flag: The Lone Star Flag [1] June 30, 1839 National seal: Seal of the Republic of Texas: January 25, 1839 State seal: Seal of Texas: December 29, 1845 Reverse of the seal August 26, 1961 National coat of arms: Coat of arms of the Republic of Texas ...
Symbol Description Year Image Source Bird: Baltimore oriole Icterus galbula: The male's black and orange feathers are similar to the Calvert seal. This led to the bird receiving its name of Baltimore. 1947 [5] Cat: Calico cat: The calico has tri-color fur of orange, black and white, which is the same colors as the Calvert seal. 2001 [6 ...
Symbol Year Image Ballad "Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams" 2001 Beverage: Milk: 1987 Dance: Polka: 1993 Pastry: Kringle [2] 2013 Slogan: America's Dairyland [3] 1940 Song "On, Wisconsin!" 1959 Symbol of peace: Mourning dove Zenaidura macroura carolinensis: 1971 Tartan: Wisconsin tartan [4] [5] 2007 Waltz "The Wisconsin Waltz" 2001
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, written and translated in 1854. Latin for "She Flies With Her Own Wings", the motto remained unchanged until 1957, when "The Union" became the official state motto.
The lithograph displays a white dove on a black background, which is widely considered to be a symbol of peace. The image was used to illustrate a poster at the 1949 Paris Peace Congress and also became an iconographic image of the period, known as "The dove of peace". An example is housed in the collection of the Tate Gallery and MOMA. Since ...