List of District of Columbia symbols

This is a list of symbols of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

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Insignia

Type	Symbol	Date	Image
Flag Flags of the U.S. states The flags of the U.S. states exhibit a wide variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as widely different styles and design principles. Modern state flags date from the 1890s when states wanted to have distinctive symbols at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago...	Flag of the District of Columbia Flag of Washington, D.C. The flag of the District of Columbia, USA, consists of three red stars above two red bars on a white background. It is based on the design of the coat of arms of George Washington, first used to identify the family in the twelfth century, when one of George Washington's ancestors took possession of...
Seal Seals of the U.S. states The following gallery displays the official seals of the 50 states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America:-See also:* Coat of Arms of the U.S. States* Seals of Governors of the U.S. States* Flags of the U.S. states...	Seal of the District of Columbia Seal of the District of Columbia The Great Seal of the District of Columbia depicts Lady Justice hanging a wreath on a statue of George Washington; the motto of the District of Columbia, "JUSTITIA OMNIBUS" ; and "1871", the year in which the District was organized in its present form...
Motto	Justitia omnibus (Justice for all)
Nickname	Federal City

Music

Type	Symbol	Date	Image
March March March is in present time held to be the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of the seven months which are 31 days long....	Our Nation's Capitol by LCDR Anthony A. Mitchell USN

Species

Type	Symbol	Date	Image
Bird	Wood Thrush Wood Thrush The Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, is a North American passerine bird. It is closely related to other thrushes such as the American Robin and is widely distributed across North America, wintering in Central America and southern Mexico... Hylocichla mustelina
Flower	American Beauty Rose Rosa 'American Beauty' American Beauty is a hybrid perpetual rose, bred in France in 1875, and originally named Madame Ferdinand Jamin. The cup-shaped flowers, which are deep pink and strongly scented, appear in flushes over a long period. The height of the shrub ranges between 90 and 200 cm.It was introduced in... Rosa 'American Beauty'
Tree	Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea

Culture

Type	Symbol	Date	Image
Cocktail Cocktail A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...	Rickey

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