List of District of Columbia symbols

Location of the District of Columbia in the United States of America

This is a list of symbols of the United States District of Columbia.

1 Insignia
2 Music
3 Species
4 Culture
5 See also
6 Notes

Insignia

Type	Symbol	Date
Flag	Flag of the District of Columbia	01938-01-01-00001938^[1]
Seal	Seal of the District of Columbia	01871-01-01-00001871^[1]
Motto	Justitia omnibus (Justice for all)^[2]
Nickname	Federal City

Music

Type	Symbol	Date	Image
Song	Washington by Jimmie Dodd^[3]	1951
March	Our Nation's Capitol by Anthony A. Mitchell^[4]	1961

Species

Type	Symbol	Date
Bird	Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina	^[1]
Flower	American Beauty Rose Rosa 'American Beauty'	^[1]
Tree	Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea	^[1]

Culture

Type	Symbol	Date	Image
Cocktail	Rickey	02011-01-01-00002011^[5]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e District of Columbia. "Official Symbols of the District of Columbia". Retrieved February 5, 2011.
^ District of Columbia. "About DC". Retrieved February 5, 2011.
^ Imhoff, Gary (October 1999). "Our Official Songs". DC Watch. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
^ Schudel, Matt (March 29, 2009). "He Served His Country With Music". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
^ Jamie R. Liu (July 14, 2011). "Rickey Named Official D.C. Cocktail". DCist. Retrieved July 14, 2011.

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List of District of Columbia symbols