State Symbols
Main article: List of Ohio state symbols See also: Lists of U.S. state insigniaOhio's state symbols:
- State animal: White-tailed Deer (1987)
- State beverage: Tomato juice (1965)
- State bird: Cardinal (1933)
- State capital: Columbus (1816)
- State flower: Red carnation (1904)
- State fossil: Isotelus maximus, a trilobite (1985)
- State herb capital: Gahanna (1972)
- State insect: Ladybug (1975)
- State motto: "With God all things are possible." (1959)
- State reptile: Black racer snake (1995)
- State rock song: "Hang On Sloopy" (1985)
- State song: "Beautiful Ohio" (1969)
- State stone: Ohio Flint (1965)
- State tree: Buckeye (1953)
- State wildflower: Large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) (1986)
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Famous quotes containing the words state and/or symbols:
“Men judge by the complexion of the sky
The state and inclination of the day.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“There are those who would keep us slipping back into the darkness of division, into the snake pit of racial hatred, of racial antagonism and of support for symbols of the struggle to keep African-Americans in bondage.”
—Carol Moseley-Braun (b. 1947)