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| Coat of Arms The committee to design the Coat of Arms was appointed by legislative action on February 7, 1894. The committee recommended for the Coat of Arms a "Shield in color blue, with an eagle upon it with extended pinions, holding in the right talon a palm branch and a bundle of arrows in the left talon, with the word "Mississippi" above the eagle; the lettering on the shield and the eagle to be in gold; below the shield tow branches of the cotton stalk, saltierwise, as in submitted design, and a scroll below extending upward and one each side three-fourth of the length of the shield; upon the scroll, which is to be red, the motto be printed in gold letters upon white spaces, as in design accompanying, the motto to be "VIRTUE et ARMIS."' |
| State Flower An election was held in November 1900 to select a State Flower. Votes were submitted by 23,278 school children, with the magnolia receiving the most votes. The Legislature officially designated the magnolia as the State Flower in 1952. |
| State Tree The Director of Forestry started a movement in 1935 to have school children to select a State Tree. The magnolia recieved the most votes. The Legislature officially designated the magnolia as the State Tree on April 1, 1938. |
| State Flag The committee to design a State Flag was appointed by legislative action on February 7, 1894. The committee recommended for the flag square, in width two-thirds of its length; with the union square, in width two-thirds of the width of the flag; the ground of the union to be red and a broad blue altier thereon, bordered with white and emblazoned with thirteen mullets or five-pointed stars, corresponding with the number of the original States of the Union; the field to be divided into three bars of equal width, the upper on blue, the center on white, and the lower one extending th ewhole lenth of the flag, red-the nationalcolors; the staff surmounted with a spearhead and a battle-axe below; the flag to be fringed with gold and the staff guilded with gold. |
| The Great Seal of Mississippi The present State Seal has been in use since Mississippi became a state in 1817. It is described in the Laws of the State of Mississippi, First Session, First General Assembly, 1817-1818, as follows: "The seal of this state, the inscription of which shall be 'the great seal of the state of Mississippi' around the margin, and in the center and eagle, with the olive branch and quiver of arrows in his claws." |
| State Motto: State Water Mammal: State Bird: State Beverage: State Fish: State Land Mammal: State Song: State Fossil: State Shell: State Waterfowl: |
| Virtue et Armis Bottlenosed Dolphin Mockingbird Milk Largemouth Black Bass White-Tailed Deer "Go Mississippi" Prehistoric Whale Fossil Oyster Shell Wood Duck |
| Largemouth Bass |
| Milk |
| Mockingbird |
| White-Tailed Deer |
| Oyster Shell |
| Bottlenosed Dolphin |
| Wood Duck |
| Prehistoric Whale |
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