List of Georgia state symbols
This is a list of state symbols for the U.S. state of Georgia, as defined in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated or by joint resolutions of the Georgia General Assembly:
Type | Symbol | Year and references |
Image |
---|---|---|---|
Amphibian | American green tree frog Hyla cinerea |
2005[1][2] | |
Art Museum | Georgia Museum of Art |
1982[3] | |
Atlas | The Atlas of Georgia |
1985[4] | |
Ballet Company | Atlanta Ballet |
1973[5] | |
Beef Barbecue Championship Cook-off | The Hawkinsville Civitan Club's "Shoot the Bull" barbecue championship | 1997[6][7] | |
Bird | Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum |
1935 (1970)[note 1][8][9] | |
Botanical Garden | The State Botanical Garden of Georgia | 1984[10] | |
Butterfly | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus |
1988[11][12] | |
Center for character education | National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force | 2005[13][14] | |
Cold water game fish | Southern Appalachian brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis |
2006[15][16] | |
Creed | Georgian's Creed | 1939[17][18] | |
Crop | Peanut | 1995[19][20] | |
Dog | "Adoptable Dog" | 2016[21][22] | |
Fish | Largemouth Bass | 1970[23][24] | |
Flag | Georgia State Flag | 2003[25] | |
Flower | Cherokee Rose Rosa laevigata |
1916[26][27] | |
Folk Dance | Square Dance | 1996[28][29] | |
Folk Festival | Georgia Folk Festival | 1992[30][31] | |
Folk Life Play | Swamp Gravy | 1994[32][33] | |
Fossil | Shark tooth | 1976[34][35] | |
Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center | Funk Heritage/Bennett Center at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia | 2003[36][14] | |
Fruit | Peach | 1995[37][38] | |
Game Bird | Bobwhite Quail | 1970[39][40] | |
Gem | Quartz | 1976[41][42] | |
Historic Drama | The Reach of Song presented on the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds near Hiawassee |
1990[43][44] | |
Historical civil rights museum | Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum | 2008[45][46] | |
Insect | Honeybee | 1975[47][48] | |
Marine Mammal | North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis |
1985[49][50] | |
Mineral | Staurolite | 1976[51][52] | |
Motto | "Wisdom, Justice, Moderation" | 1799[53][note 2] | |
Musical Theatre | Jekyll Island Musical Theatre Festival | 1993[54][55] | |
Nut | Pecan | 2021[56] | |
Peanut Monument | Turner County on the west side of Interstate Highway 75 within the limits of the city of Ashburn |
1998[19][57] | |
Poet Laureate | Poet Laureate of Georgia | 1925[58][59][60] | |
Pork Cook-off | The Dooly County Chamber of Commerce's "Slosheye Trail Big Pig Jig" | 1997[6][61] | |
‘Possum | Pogo 'Possum |
1992[62][63] | |
Prepared Food | Grits | 2002[64][65] | |
Railroad Museum | The Central of Georgia Railroad Shops Complex Savannah |
1996[66][67] | |
Reptile | Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus |
1989[68][69] | |
Salt-water fish | Red drum Sciaenops ocellatus |
2006[70][71] | |
School | Plains High School, now part of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site | 1997[72][73][74] | |
Seal | Great Seal of Georgia | 1798 (1914)[note 3][75] | |
Seashell | Knobbed Whelk Busycon carica |
1987[76][77] | |
Song | "Georgia on My Mind" lyrics by Stuart Gorrell and music by Hoagy Carmichael with words by Robert Loveman.[note 4][78][79] |
1979[80] | |
Tartan | Georgia Tartan | 1997[81][82] | |
Theater | Springer Opera House Columbus |
1971–2, (1992)[note 5][83][84] | |
Tree | Southern Live Oak Quercus virginiana |
1937[85][86] | |
Transportation History Museum | Southeastern Railway Museum | 2000[87][88] | |
Vegetable | Vidalia sweet onion | 1990[89][90] | |
Waltz | "Our Georgia" | 1951[91][92] | |
Wildflower | Azalea Rhododendron sp. |
1979[93][94] |
Notes[]
- ^ The inititial designation was by gubernatorial proclamation.
- ^ The three words, "Wisdom", "Justice", and "Moderation", were in the definition of the state seal, but were never formally adopted independent of the seal.
- ^ The state seal was defined by the Georgia Constitution of 1798 and bore the date 1799. In 1914, the date was changed to 1776.
- ^ The previous State Song "Georgia" was composed by Lollie Belle Wylie
- ^ As governor, Jimmy Carter made it the state theater for the 1971-2 season. In 1992, the legislature made the designation formal and ongoing.
References[]
- ^ "§ 50-3-81. Official amphibian", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "State Amphibian", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "State Art Museum", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "State Atlas", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ Getting to know Georgia (PDF), Office of Secretary of State, June 2003, retrieved 2019-06-26
- ^ a b "§ 50-3-75. Official beef barbecue championship cookoff; official pork barbecue championship cookoff", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "State Beef Cook-off", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "§ 50-3-50. State bird", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "State Bird", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ Thomas, Frances Taliaferro (2009). A Portrait of Historic Athens & Clarke County. University of Georgia Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-8203-3044-0.
- ^ "§ 50-3-62. Official butterfly", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "State Butterfly", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-25
- ^ "§ 50-3-79. Official center for character education", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ a b Summary of General Statutes Enacted at the 2003 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia (PDF), p. 46, retrieved 2019-06-26
- ^ "§ 50-3-82. Official cold water game fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ Diprima, Paul (Mar 17, 2007), "Georgia home to several kinds of trout", Rome News-Tribune, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "Georgia State Creed", GeorgiaInfo, Digital Library of Georgia, retrieved 2019-06-22
- ^ "State Creed", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-22
- ^ a b "§ 50-3-72. State crop; official state peanut monument", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "State Crop", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "§ 50-3-88. Definitions; adoptable dog designated as the official state dog", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-22
- ^ Davis, Janel (March 24, 2016), "Lawmakers name 'adoptable dog' as state dog of Georgia", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, retrieved 2019-06-22
- ^ "§ 50-3-52. State fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "State Fish", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "State Flag", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-26
- ^ "§ 50-3-53. State floral emblem", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "State Flower", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "§ 50-3-73. Official folk dance", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "State Folk Dance", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "§ 50-3-67. Official state folk festival", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "State Folk Festival", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-27
- ^ "State Folk Life Play", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ Fletcher, Carlton (March 8, 2013), "Colquitt's Swamp Gravy marks 20 years", The Albany Herald, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "§ 50-3-56. Official fossil", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "State Game Bird", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "§ 50-3-80. Official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "§ 50-3-70. Official state fruit", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "State Fruit", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "§ 50-3-51. State game bird", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "State Game Bird", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "§ 50-3-57. Official gem", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "State Gem", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "§ 50-3-64. Official historic drama", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "State Historic Drama", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "§ 50-3-85. Official Georgia historical civil rights museum", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-25
- ^ Williams, Kenda (May 19, 2010), "Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum hosts fundraising gala", savannahnow, retrieved 2019-06-25
- ^ "§ 50-3-58. Official insect", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "State Insect", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "Joint Resolution of the Georgia General Assembly designating the Right Whale", GeorgiaInfo, Digital Library of Georgia, April 2, 1985, retrieved 2019-06-22
- ^ "State Mammal", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-22
- ^ "§ 50-3-59. Official mineral", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "State Mineral", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "Georgia State Motto (Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation)", GeorgiaInfo, Digital Library of Georgia, retrieved 2019-06-22
- ^ "§ 50-3-69. Official musical theatre", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "State Musical Theatre", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ Poitevint, Bobby (10 April 2021). "Georgia reclaims top US pecan producer; Kemp declares pecans official state nut". WALB-TV. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "State Peanut Monument", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "§ 50-1-3. Poet laureate", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "State Poet Laureate", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "Georgia", State Poets, Library of Congress, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "State Pork Cook-off", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "§ 50-3-68. Official 'Possum", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-25
- ^ "State 'Possum", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-25
- ^ "§ 50-3-78. State official prepared food", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "State Prepared Food", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "§ 50-3-74. Official railroad museum", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "State Railroad Museum", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "§ 50-3-63. Official reptile", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "State School", State Reptile, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "§ 50-3-83. Official salt-water fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ Dickson, Terry (Aug 9, 2016), "Red drum will be on new Georgia license plate to enhance marine habitat", jacksonville.com, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "§ 20-1-6.1 - Official state school", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "Plains High School (Side 2)", GeorgiaInfo, Digital Library of Georgia, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "State School", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "State Seal", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-25
- ^ "1987 Joint Resolution Declaring Knobbed Whelk as Georgia's Official State Seashell", GeorgiaInfo, Digital Library of Georgia, April 16, 1987, retrieved 2019-06-22
- ^ "State Seashell", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-22
- ^ Smith, Kelundra (April 28, 2015). "Preview: Oakland Cemetery will come to life Saturday with sound art of "Cryptophonic Tour"". Atlanta, Georgia: Arts Atl. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ Crouch, Kenneth E. (March 1950). "The State Song of Georgia". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. Savannah, Georgia: Georgia Historical Society. 34 (1): 8–9. ISSN 0016-8297. JSTOR 40577207.
- ^ "§ 50-3-60. Official song", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "§ 50-3-76. Official tartan", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "State Tartan", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "§ 50-3-66. State theater", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "The State Theatre", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "§ 50-3-55. Official tree", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-25
- ^ "State Tree", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-25
- ^ "§ 50-3-77. Official state transportation history museum designated; maximization of advertising programs", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "State Transportation History Museum", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
- ^ "§ 50-3-65. Official vegetable", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "State Vegetable", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "§ 50-3-61. Official waltz", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "State Vegetable", State Waltz, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-24
- ^ "§ 50-3-54. State wild flower", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "State Wildflower", State Symbols, Office of Secretary of State, retrieved 2019-06-21
External links[]
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