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What is the symbolism and meaning of the Florida flag? ›

The tree is a sable palm tree, which is the state tree. The woman is dropping flowers which represent Florida's name, referencing its abundance of flowers. The rising sun is a representation of Florida's being famously known as “the land of sunshine.”

Among these have been the flags of five nations: Spain, France, Great Britain, the United States, and the Confederate States of America. Numerous other unofficial flags also have been flown on the peninsula at one time or another.

"In God We Trust" was adopted by the Florida legislature as part of the state seal in 1868. This is also the motto of the United States and is a slight variation on Florida's first state motto, "In God is our Trust." In 2006, "In God We Trust" was officially designated in state statute as Florida's motto.

The first flag of Florida was hoisted on June 25, 1845, at the inauguration of its first governor, William D. Moseley. It had five horizontal stripes (blue, orange, red, white, and green) and a ribbon with the inscription “Let us alone.” The U.S. flag served as a canton.

The state received its name from that conquistador, who called the peninsula La Pascua Florida in recognition of the verdant landscape and because it was the Easter season, which the Spaniards called Pascua Florida (Festival of Flowers).

The seal features a shoreline on which a Seminole woman is spreading flowers. Legend says that the woman is the historical heroine Milly Francis, but there is no documentation supporting this. Two Sabal palms (Florida's state tree) are growing.

Florida with its sunny days and picturesque beaches is known as the Sunshine State. Alabama's nickname is related to its central location among the states of the Deep South.

Florida is world-renowned for its beach resorts, amusem*nt parks, warm and sunny climate, and nautical recreation; attractions such as Walt Disney World, the Kennedy Space Center, and Miami Beach draw tens of millions of visitors annually.

The most endangered of all Florida's symbols is its state animal, the panther (Felis concolor coryi) which was chosen in 1982 by a vote of students throughout the state. The Florida Panther is a large, long-tailed, pale brown cat that grows to six feet or longer.

The blossom of the orange tree (Citrus sinensis) is one of the most fragrant flowers in Florida. Millions of these white flowers perfume the atmosphere throughout central and south Florida during orange blossom time. The orange blossom was selected as the state flower by the 1909 legislature.

Why is Florida's motto In God We Trust? ›

In 2006, “In God We Trust” was officially designated in state statute as Florida's motto. Governor Jeb Bush signed a house bill then. According to unitedstatenow.org, “In God We Trust” was derived from the motto on the United States silver dollar and “affirms a deep faith and trust of the people of Florida in God.”

Between 1868 and 1900, Florida's state flag consisted of a white field with the state seal in the center. During the late 1890s, Governor Francis P. Fleming suggested that a red cross be added, so that the banner did not appear to be a white flag of truce or surrender when hanging still on a flagpole.

FLORIDA: In 1513, Ponce de Leon landed here on Easter Sunday, the Spanish Pascua de Flores, meaning "Feast of Flowers," for which the State is named.

In many respects, Florida remains the forgotten state of the Confederacy. Although the third state to secede, Florida's small population and meager industrial resources made the state of little strategic importance to either side. However, Florida was a vital source of beef and salt for the Confederacy.

The "Bonnie Blue flag" was a banner associated at various times with the Republic of Texas, the short-lived Republic of West Florida, and the Confederate States of America at the start of the American Civil War in 1861. It consists of a single, five-pointed white star on a blue field.

The symbol was later used to represent unity during the Revolutionary War. One observer, writing to the Pennsylvania Journal in December 1775, claimed that a drum of the newly created Marine Corps displayed a rattlesnake alongside the motto “Don't tread on me!”

The flag, seal, flower (orange blossom), bird (northern mockingbird), and tree (sabal palm) are some of the major state symbols of Florida.

The Florida state flag's current design features diagonal red bars and the state seal. To art majors, it's a saltire, a heraldic symbol. To theologians, it's a St. Andrew's Cross, named for the Christian apostle who was nailed upon it. To a lot of us, it's just a big red X.

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