List of Maryland state symbols

List of Maryland state symbols

This is a list of symbols of the U.S. State of Maryland. The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized symbols created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly and signed into law by the governor. However, two of the more famous symbols of Maryland, the state motto and the state nicknames, were never made official by the state government. While the state seal derives from the colonial heritage of the state, the majority of official state symbols were designated in the last few decades.

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Geology

Culture

Notes

:note label|coat of arms|A|AWhile 1904 was the official date of adoption, the flag has colonial roots. Calvert was the surname of the Lords Baltimore, proprietors of the Maryland colony, and Crossland was the maiden name of the mother of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore. [cite web | title =Maryland State Flag| work =Maryland Manual Online | publisher =Maryland State Archives | url =http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/flag.html | accessdate =2007-06-26] :note label|motto|B|BThe state motto has never been formally adopted, though it was the motto of the Calvert family upon the founding of Maryland in 1634 and appears on the Great Seal of Maryland. [cite web | title =Great Seal of Maryland (reverse)| work =Maryland Manual Online | publisher =Maryland State Archives | url =http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/reverse.html | accessdate =2007-06-26] :note label|nickname|C|CNo state nickname has ever been officially adopted. The Old Line State might have originated as a nickname during the Revolutionary War, while The Free State originated from an editorial in the Baltimore Sun in 1923. [cite web | title =Nicknames | work =Maryland Manual Online | publisher =Maryland State Archives | url =http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/nickname.html | accessdate =2007-06-26] The Old Line State was also used on the Maryland commemorative coin for its 50 State Quarters design in 2000.:note label|seal|D|DThe great seal has evolved since colonial times, and today includes imagery from the original Calvert seal of 1648; the most recent revisions were made in 1969. [cite web | title =State Seal | work =Maryland Manual Online | publisher =Maryland State Archives | url =http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/seal.html | accessdate =2007-06-26]

ee also

*List of Maryland-related topics
*Lists of United States state insignia
*State of Maryland

References

External links

*cite web | title =Maryland State Symbols | work =Maryland Manual Online | publisher =Maryland State Archives | url =http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/00list.html | accessdate =2007-06-26
*cite web | title =Nicknames | work =Maryland Manual Online | publisher =Maryland State Archives | url =http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/nickname.html | accessdate =2007-06-26


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