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WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1979-1980
WISCONSIN STATE SYMBOLS: STATUTORY PROVISIONS
       The Coat or Arms                                        The Great
Seal
    1.08 State flag. ( I) The Wisconsin state flag is of dark blue silk.
5 feet 6 inches fly and'4 feet 4
 inches on the pike; the state coat of arms embroidered on each side with
silk of appropriate colors;
 the edges trimmed with knotted fringe of yellow silk 2-1/2 inches wide;
the pike 9 feet long
 including spearhead and ferrule; the cord 8 feet 6 inches long with 2 tassels,
and composed of blue
 and white silk strands intermixed.
    (2) Service flags may be of bunting or other material, of such size as
may be required, and the
 coat of arms represented otherwise than by embroidery, all conforming to
proportionate specifica-
 tions of sub. ( I).
    1.07 State coat of arms. The coat of arms of the state of Wisconsin is
declared to be as follows:
    ARMS.-Or, quartered, the quarters bearing respectively a plow, a crossed
shovel and pick, an
arm and held hammer, and an anchor, all proper; the base of shield resting
upon a horn of plenty
and pyramid of pig lead, all proper; over all, on fesse point, the arms and
motto of the United
States, namely: Arms, palewise of 13 pieces argent and gules; a chief azure;
motto (on garter
surrounding inescutcheon), "E pluribus unum".
    CREST.-A badger, passant, proper.
    SUPPORTERS.-Dexter, a sailor holding a coil of rope, proper; sinister,
a yeoman resting on a
pick, proper.
    MOTTO.-Over crest, "Forward".
    14.45 Great seal. (2) The great seal of the state consists of a metallic
disc, 2-3/8 inches in
diameter, containing, within an ornamental border, the following devices
and legend: The coat of
arms of the state, as in s. 1.07 described; above the arms in a line parallel
with the border, the
words, "Great Seal of the State Of Wisconsin;" in the exergue.
in a curved line, 13 stars.
    1.10 State song and state symbols. The Wisconsin state song is "On,
Wisconsin", music writ-
ten by W. T. Purdy, the words to which are as follows: "On, Wisconsin!
On, Wisconsin! Grand old
badger state! We, thy loyal sons and daughters, Hail thee, good and great.
On, Wisconsin! On,
Wisconsin! Champion of the right, 'Forward', our motto - God will give thee
might!". The state
symbols are as follows: The mourning dove (zenaidura macroura corolinensis
linnaus) is the
symbol of peace; the Wisconsin state tree is the sugar maple (acer saccharum);
the Wisconsin
state flower is the wood violet (viola papilionacea); the Wisconsin state
bird is the robin (turdus
migratorius); the Wisconsin state fish is the muskellunge (Esox masquinongy
masquinongy
Mitchell); the Wisconsin state animal is the badger (taxidea taxus); the
Wisconsin domestic
animal is the dairy cow (bos taurus); the Wisconsin wildlife animal is the
white-tailed deer
(odocoileus virginianus); the Wisconsin state insect is the honey bee (apis
mellifera); the Wis-
consin state mineral is the galena (lead sulphide) and the Wisconsin state
rock is the red granite.
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