National Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots
US National Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots Online
The history of the United States began with the settlement of Indigenous people before 10,000 BC. Numerous cultures formed. The arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 started the European colonization of the Americas. Most colonies formed after 1600. By the 1770s, thirteen British colonies contained 2.5 million people along the Atlantic coast east of the Appalachian Mountains.
The US is now a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.
US Symbols Online is a state resource directory containing descriptions and pictures of the state symbols, emblems, and mascots of the state, which can be quickly accessed. This resource guide represents many of US facts such as US symbols, state almanacs, state flowers, state gemstones, state insects, state trees, state birds, state animals, state flags, and the capital, as well as many more symbols, emblems, and mascots. These type of state directories can often be used to collate a specific dataset in an order which is useful to the researcher.
US National Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots |
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Symbols |
Symbol Name - (Species) |
| Bird | Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
| Creed | "The American's Creed" |
| Flag | Stars and Stripes |
| Flower | Rose (genus Rosa) |
| Government Buildings | |
| Justice | One of the most recognized legal symbols is that of Justice. |
| The Liberty Bell | The Liberty Bell |
| National Holiday | National Holiday July 4, Independence Day |
| Motto | "In God We Trust" |
| National Anthem | Star-Spangled Banner |
| Pledge of Allegiance | Pledge of Allegiance |
| Seal | Great Seal |
| Songs and Oaths |
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| Statues and Memorials |
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| Uncle Sam | Uncle Sam |
