List of Alabama state symbols

List of Alabama state symbols

This is a list of state symbols of Alabama. The items on the list have been officially sanctioned by the Alabama Legislature. Alabama has a total of 41 official state emblems. The oldest of which is the Alabama State Bible, from 1853;cite web | url =http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_bible.html | title = Alabama State Bible | date=November 15 2007| accessdate =2008-01-20 | publisher = Alabama Department of Archives and History ] the most recently designated is the peach, Alabama's state tree fruit, established in 2006

The state is the only state to have no official nickname, and is actually the only one in this situation, although "the Heart of Dixie" was strongly promoted by the Alabama Chamber of Commerce in the 1940s and 1950s, and put on state license plates. [cite web | url =http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/Heart_of_Dixie.html | title = The Heart of Dixie | accessdate =2008-01-20 | date=March 30 2007 | publisher = Alabama Department of Archives and History ] [cite web | url =http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/emblems.html | title =Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors| accessdate =2008-01-20 | date=February 5 2008 | publisher = Alabama Department of Archives and History ]

Insignia

Culture

ee also

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

References

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