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New Jersey Symbols
State Seal
Pierre Eugene du Simitiere created New Jersey's State Seal in 1777. It
contains five symbols, each of which represents something about New Jersey.
Download a coloring book
page of the State Seal, in PDF format [39k].
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Helmet
and Horse Head
The helmet and the horse's head crest represent New Jersey's independence
as a state. They also represent New Jersey's status as one of the
first states. In 1787 New Jersey was the third state to sign the
U.S. Constitution. |
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Liberty
The woman holding a staff with a liberty cap on top is Liberty, who
represents freedom. In ancient Rome, former Roman slaves saw
a liberty cap as a badge of freedom. Liberty caps became popular
again during the Revolutionary War. |
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Ceres
The woman on the right is the Roman goddess of grain, Ceres. She
holds an ice-cream-cone-shaped basket, called a cornucopia, filled
with the many fruits and vegetables produced in New Jersey. |
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Shield
The three plows on the shield symbolize the agricultural tradition of New Jersey. |
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Scroll
The state's motto "Liberty and Prosperity" is written on the scroll. 1776 is the year New Jersey became a state. |
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Liberty
and Ceres tell you the meanings behind the symbols in the State
Seal Roomies. |
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State
Flag
The New Jersey State Flag was adopted in 1896. Its
official color is buff, which is a yellowish-tan color. The
colors of the state flag, buff and dark blue (Jersey blue),
were the colors George Washington chose for the flag of New
Jersey's army regiments during the Revolutionary War. The state
seal is featured on the flag. Download a coloring
book of the State Flag, in PDF format [20k]. |
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State
Flower - The Violet
Violets can be found in New Jersey fields, lawns, and meadows -- anywhere
that they can find warm spring sunshine. Download a coloring
book page of the State Flower, in PDF format [14k]. |
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State
Bird - The Eastern Goldfinch
The eastern goldfinch has bright yellow feathers and a black head and wings.
Eastern goldfinches love to eat sunflower seeds. Download a coloring
book page of the State Bird, in PDF format [18k]. |
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State
Tree - The Red Oak
The red oak is a hardwood tree that has pointy-lobed leaves with prickly
tips. In autumn its leaves turn a beautiful, bright red. It produces many
acorns. Download a coloring
book page of a leaf from the State Tree, in PDF format [20k]. |
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State
Bug - The Honeybee
The honeybee makes honey for sweetening our meals and beeswax to smooth
things out. Honeybees also pollinate our flowers, including our state flower,
the violet. Download a coloring
book page of the State Insect, in PDF format [15k]. |
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State
Animal - The Horse
Michael McCarthy and his fifth grade class at Our Lady of Victories School in Harrington Park and James Sweetman, an eighth grader from Freehold, helped make the horse New Jersey's state animal in 1977. The horse is included on the state seal. Horses
were very important to farming. Today, people continue to raise horses
in New Jersey. Racehorses are also very popular in New Jersey. Download
a coloring book page
of the State Animal, in PDF format [18k]. |
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State
Dinosaur - The Hadrosaurus Foulkii
William Parker Foulke discovered the fossils of the dinosaur that became
known as the Hadrosaurus Foulkii in Haddonfield in 1858. The fossils were
the first to be found in the United States. The
Hadro Story tells more about the Hadrosaurus. Download a coloring
book page of the State Dinosaur, in PDF format [108k]. |
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State
Folk Dance - The Square Dance
In the popular American square dance, a caller shouts out directions to
the dancing couples. Square dance music is lively, and the dancers wear
colorful clothes. Download a coloring
book page of the State Folk Dance, in PDF format [14k]. |
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State
Fish- The Brook Trout
The brook trout is native to New Jersey. If you find a brook trout, you
know the water is good quality because brook trout can't survive in polluted
water. Download a coloring
book page of the State Fish, in PDF format [244k]. |
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State
Shell - The Knobbed Whelk
The knobbed whelk shell is commonly known as the conch shell. Found along
NJ beaches and bays, the knobbed whelk is the name of the large marine
snail that lives in the shell. Also known by its Italian name, scungilli,
the snail is harvested from its spiral shell and canned for food. The shell
is yellowish gray in color. Download a coloring
book page of the State Shell, in PDF format [116k]. |
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State
Ship - The A.J. Meerwald
The
A.J. Meerwald is a Delaware Bay Oyster Schooner. It was originally
built to meet the needs of New Jersey's oyster fishing industry.
The ship was built in 1928 in Dorchester, New Jersey. Download
a coloring
book page of the State Ship, in PDF format [107k]. |
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State
Fruit - The Blueberry
The
blueberry, which was first cultivated in Whitesbog, became
the official state fruit in 2004. In 2003, fourth graders
at Veteran's Memorial Elementary School in Brick campaigned
to make the blueberry the official state fruit. The students
had their idea introduced as legislation and conducted
a lobbying campaign to see its passage, including media
interviews, a letter and petition drive, presentations
to local governing bodies, and a trip to the state's blueberry
festival in Whitesbog. In addition, the classes traveled
to Trenton to make presentations before Senate and Assembly
Committees. Elizabeth
Coleman White developed the nation's first cultivated
blueberry. |
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State
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Coloring Book |
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State
Symbol Word Jumble |
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