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The Symbols of Pennsylvania

The Symbols of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania’s State Bird. Ruffed Grouse. Ruffed Grouse. Sometimes called the partridge Native of North America Thrives in severe winters. Pennsylvania’s State Dog. Great Dane. Great Dane. William Penn had a Great Dane Used for hunting and working

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The Symbols of Pennsylvania

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  1. The Symbols of Pennsylvania

  2. Pennsylvania’s State Bird Ruffed Grouse

  3. Ruffed Grouse • Sometimes called the partridge • Native of North America • Thrives in severe winters

  4. Pennsylvania’s State Dog Great Dane

  5. Great Dane • William Penn had a Great Dane • Used for hunting and working • The Great Dane is known for its : size, strength, beauty, intelligence, tolerance, courage, faithfulness, and trustworthiness (like PA and its residents)

  6. Pennsylvania’s State Tree Hemlock Tree

  7. Hemlock Tree • Slow growing evergreen tree, can live 800 years or more • Used by settlers to build log cabins & acid for tanning leather

  8. Pennsylvania’s State Fish Brook Trout

  9. Brook Trout • Pennsylvania’s 4,000 miles of coldwater streams provide the perfect habitat for this fish • It is the only trout native to PA • Brook trout are also called speckled trout, squaretails or just “brookies” by fisherman.

  10. Pennsylvania’s State Motto “Virtue, Liberty, and Independence”

  11. What does it mean? Virtue: goodness, honesty Liberty: freedom Independence: self-ruling, free

  12. Pennsylvania’s State Beverage Milk

  13. Why? • PA is the 5th largest producer of milk

  14. Pennsylvania’s State Animal White Tailed Deer

  15. White Tailed Deer • Eleven states have designated the elegant white-tailed deer as an official state symbol: Arkansas - Illinois - Michigan - Mississippi - Nebraska – Wisconsin- • New Hampshire - Ohio - Oklahoma - Pennsylvania AND South Carolina

  16. Pennsylvania’s State Toy The Slinky!

  17. The Slinky • Designated the official state toy in 2001 • Three men from Philadelphia designed the slinky

  18. Pennsylvania’s State Flower Mountain Laurel

  19. Mountain Laurel • A shrub native to the Eastern U.S. • There is no law protecting this plant from being cut down, that is a myth! (PA Dept. of Conservation)

  20. Pennsylvania’s State Colors Blue and Gold

  21. Pennsylvania’s State Song “Pennsylvania”

  22. “Pennsylvania” • The official state song of Pennsylvania was signed into law by Governor Robert P. Casey on November 29, 1990.

  23. Pennsylvania’s State Cookie Chocolate Chip Cookie

  24. Chocolate Chip Cookie • In 1996, 4th grades students from PA began work to have the chocolate chip cookie named as the official cookie of PA

  25. Pennsylvania’s State Insect Firefly

  26. Firefly • Adopted as the state insect in 1974. It is also the state insect of Tennessee.

  27. Pennsylvania’s State Flag

  28. Pennsylvania’s State Flag • It became the state’s flag in 1799 • It features the state coat of arms and the state motto

  29. Pennsylvania’s Nickname The Keystone State

  30. The Keystone State • Named the “Keystone” state because it was the middle colony of the original 13 • The word keystone is from architecture, it describes the central wedge-shaped stone in an arch which holds all the other stones in place

  31. Pennsylvania’s State Quarter

  32. State Quarter • Quarter features: • an outline of the state • a keystone • the state motto • a statue representing • the commonwealth (common “well being” of the public • the state motto • a statue representing • the commonwealth (common “well being” of the public

  33. Pennsylvania’s State Seal • Used on the State Flag and the State Coat of Arms • Used to validate documents

  34. Pennsylvania’s State Fossil Trilobite

  35. Trilobite • Lived in PA 250 million years ago • Related to crabs, lobsters, shrimp, spiders, and insects • Can be recognized by its large, frog-like eyes

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