List of Mississippi state symbols

The following is a list of state symbols of the U.S. state of Mississippi, as defined by state statutes.[1]

Insignia

Type Symbol Date Image
Flag Flag of Mississippi 2001[2] Flag of Mississippi
Seal Seal of Mississippi 2014[3] Seal of Mississippi
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Mississippi 2001[4] Coat of arms of Mississippi
Motto Virtute et armis (Latin for "By valor and arms")
Nicknames The Magnolia State, The Hospitality State

Flora

Type Symbol Date Image
Flower Magnolia
Tree Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

Fauna

Type Symbol Date Image
Bird Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1944[5]
Butterfly Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) 1991[6]
Fish Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) 1974[7]
Insect Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) 1980[8]
Land mammal White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) 1974[9]
Marine mammal Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 1974[9]
Waterfowl Wood duck (Aix sponsa) 1974[10]
Reptile American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) 1987[11]
Shell Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) 1974

Other

Stone Petrified wood 1976
Song "Go, Mississippi" 1962[12]

References

  1. ↑ "State of Mississippi Symbols". Mississippi.gov. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ State of Mississippi (February 7, 2001). "Miss. Code Ann. § 3-3-16: Design of state flag". Mississippi Code of 1972. LexisNexis. HISTORY: SOURCES: Laws, 2001, ch. 301, § 2, eff from and after February 7, 2001 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the addition of this section.)
  3. ↑ "Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act". February 2014. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/276/government-of-mississippi-how-it-functions
  5. ↑ "Mississippi State Bird". Mississippi State Bird: Mockingbird. SHG Resources.
  6. ↑ State Symbols, p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi. Retrieved 2008-03-29
  7. ↑ http://www.its.state.ms.us/et/portal/MSSymbols/symbols.htm
  8. ↑ State Symbols, p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi.
  9. 1 2 Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 235.
  10. ↑ "Mississippi State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots". SHG Resources.
  11. ↑ Shearer, Benjamin F.; Shearer, Barbara S. (1994). State names, seals, flags, and symbols (2nd ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-28862-3. p. 313
  12. ↑ "State Symbols" (PDF). Blue Book. Mississippi Secretary of State. 2004. p. 34.
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