Delaware State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots
Delaware Symbols, Delaware Emblems, and Delaware Mascots
Browse the state's symbols; state animal, state bird, state flower, state flag, state fossil, state insect, state motto, state seal, state tree, color, dance, fish, mammal, music, nut, reptile seal, and miscellaneous designations, emblems, and mascot of each state with pictures. Find origin of the state name. View the state almanacs, state timelines and peruse state facts and stats such as the capitol, location, and date admitted to the union.
Middle Atlantic
First State
Delaware Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots |
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| Animal: Marine | Horseshoe Crab |
| Beverage | Milk, June 3, 1983 |
| Bird | Blue Hen Chicken, April 14, 1939 |
| Bug | Lady Bug, April 25, 1974 |
| Butterfly | Tiger Swallowtail (Pterourus glaucus) June 10, 1999 |
| Colors | Colonial Blue and Buff, July 24, 1913 |
| Fish | Weakfish (Cynoscion genus) 1981 |
| Flag | State Flag, July 24, 1913 |
| Flower | Peach Blossom (Prunus persica) May 9, 1895 |
| Fossil | Belemnite (Belemnitella americana) July 2, 1996 |
| Herb | Sweet Golden Rod (Solidago odora) June 24, 1996 |
| Mineral | Sillimanite, 1977 |
| Motto | Liberty and Independence, 1847 |
| Nickname | “The First State,” May 23, 2002 Delaware is known by this nickname due to the fact that on December 7, 1787, it became the first of the 13 original states to ratify the U.S. Constitution. “The First State” became the official State nickname on May 23, 2002 |
| Seal | Great Seal, January 17, 1777 |
| Soil | Greenwich loam, April 20, 2000 |
| Song | "Our Delaware" April 07 1925 Written by George B. Hynson Composed by M. S. Brown |
| Star | Delaware Diamond, June 30, 2000 |
| Tree | American Holly (Aquifoliaceae Ilex opaca aiton) May 1, 1939 |
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