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Birth Date: January 29, 1861, as the 34th state
State Capital:
Topeka
Population: 2,565,328
State Nicknames: The Sunflower State, The Jayhawk State, The Wheat State |
State Flower
Wild Native Sunflower
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State Animal
American Buffalo
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State Bird
Western Meadowlark
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State Amphibian
Barred Tiger Salamander
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State Tree
Cottonwood
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State Insect
Honeybee
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The Kansas State Flag
The Kansas state flag, adopted
by the Kansas State Legislature as the official state flag in 1927, is a rectangle
of dark blue silk with the state seal at its center. Above the seal is the state
crest, a sunflower resting on a twisted bar of blue and gold. The word "Kansas,"
added in 1961, is below the seal in gold, block lettering.
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The Kansas State Steal
The Great Seal of the State
of Kansas was established by a joint resolution adopted by the Kansas Legislature
May 25, 1861. The seal is described in the resolution as follows: "The
East is represented by a rising sun, in the right-hand corner of the seal; to
the left of it, commerce is represented by a river and a steamboat; in the foreground,
agriculture is represented as the basis of the future prosperity of the state,
by a settler's cabin and a man plowing with a pair of horse; beyond this is
a train of ox-wagons, going west; in the background is seen a herd of buffalo,
retreating, pursued by two Indians, on horseback; around the top is the motto,
'Ad Astra per Aspera,' and beneath a cluster of thirty-four stars. The circle
is surrounded by the words, 'Great seal of the state of Kansas. January 29,
1861.'" The motto, "Ad astra per Aspera, " means "To the
stars through difficulties," and was adopted as part of the Great Seal
of the State of Kansas. |
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