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This is a '''list of the officially designated symbols of the [[U.S.]] [[state of New Mexico]]'''. Most such designations are found in [[§]]12.3 of the New Mexico Statutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nmonesource.com/nmnxtadmin/NMPublic.aspx|title=New Mexico Statutes Annotated |accessdate=2013-05-11 |publisher=New Mexico Compilation Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Kids_Corner/State_Symbols.aspx|title=State Symbols|accessdate=2009-05-09|publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State}}</ref> The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized after a law is passed by the [[New Mexico Legislature|state legislature]]. New Mexico is the first state to adopt a state question: "Red or green?" |
This is a '''list of the officially designated symbols of the [[U.S.]] [[state of New Mexico]]'''. Most such designations are found in [[§]]12.3 of the New Mexico Statutes.<ref name="NMSA">{{cite web|url=http://www.nmonesource.com/nmnxtadmin/NMPublic.aspx|title=New Mexico Statutes Annotated |accessdate=2013-05-11 |publisher=New Mexico Compilation Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Kids_Corner/State_Symbols.aspx|title=State Symbols|accessdate=2009-05-09|publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State}}</ref> The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized after a law is passed by the [[New Mexico Legislature|state legislature]]. New Mexico is the first state to adopt a state question: "Red or green?" |
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==Insignia== |
==Insignia== |
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* '''[[Seals of the U.S. states|Seal]]''': [[Seal of New Mexico]] ({{dts|1913}}) |
* '''[[Seals of the U.S. states|Seal]]''': [[Seal of New Mexico]] ({{dts|1913}}) |
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==Motto, nickname, and |
==Motto, nickname, slogan, question, and answer== |
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* '''[[List of U.S. state mottos|Motto]]''': ''[[Crescit eundo]], It Grows as it Goes'' ([[Latin language|Latin]]). ({{dts|1887}})<ref name=NM>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-seal.html|title=Great Seal of New Mexico|publisher=State of New Mexico|accessdate=2009-02-10}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|''Crescit eundo'' was added to the territorial seal in 1882. This change was officially adopted by the legislature in 1887.<ref name=NM/>|group=N}} |
* '''[[List of U.S. state mottos|Motto]]''': ''[[Crescit eundo]], It Grows as it Goes'' ([[Latin language|Latin]]). ({{dts|1887}})<ref name=NM>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-seal.html|title=Great Seal of New Mexico|publisher=State of New Mexico|accessdate=2009-02-10}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|''Crescit eundo'' was added to the territorial seal in 1882. This change was officially adopted by the legislature in 1887.<ref name=NM/>|group=N}} |
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* '''[[List of U.S. state nicknames|Nickname]]''': ''Land of Enchantment'', {{lang-es|Tierra del Encanto}}, or {{lang|es|''Tierra Encantada''}} ({{dts|1999}})<ref name="NM Aircraft" />{{#tag:ref|"Land of Enchantment" was first coined by Lillian Whiting in a book on the state in 1906. The slogan later appeared on New Mexico license plates in 1941; a trademark was obtained by the state in 1947. It was not until June 18, 1999 that the phrase was adopted as the official nickname.<ref name="NM Aircraft" />|group=N}} |
* '''[[List of U.S. state nicknames|Nickname]]''': ''Land of Enchantment'', {{lang-es|Tierra del Encanto}}, or {{lang|es|''Tierra Encantada''}} ({{dts|1999}})<ref name="NM Aircraft" />{{#tag:ref|"Land of Enchantment" was first coined by Lillian Whiting in a book on the state in 1906. The slogan later appeared on New Mexico license plates in 1941; a trademark was obtained by the state in 1947. It was not until June 18, 1999 that the phrase was adopted as the official nickname.<ref name="NM Aircraft" />|group=N}} |
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* '''[[List of U.S. state slogans|Slogan]]''': "Everybody is Somebody in New Mexico" (1975) |
* '''[[List of U.S. state slogans|Slogan]]''': "Everybody is Somebody in New Mexico" (1975) |
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* '''Question''': ''Red or Green?'' ({{dts|1999}})<ref>{{#tag:ref|The official state question refers to a question commonly heard at restaurants, where waiters will ask customers "red or green?" in reference to which kind of chili pepper or "chile sauce" the customers wants served with their meal.|group=N}}</ref> |
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* '''Answer''': ''Red and Green or Christmas.'' ({{dts|1999}}<ref name="NMSA" /> |
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==Capital== |
==Capital== |
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This is a list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S. state of New Mexico. Most such designations are found in §12.3 of the New Mexico Statutes.[1][2] The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized after a law is passed by the state legislature. New Mexico is the first state to adopt a state question: "Red or green?"
Insignia
- Flag: Flag of New Mexico (1925)[3]
- Seal: Seal of New Mexico (1913)
Motto, nickname, slogan, question, and answer
- Motto: Crescit eundo, It Grows as it Goes (Latin). (1887)[4][N 1]
- Nickname: Land of Enchantment, Spanish: Tierra del Encanto, or [Tierra Encantada] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (1999)[5][N 2]
- Slogan: "Everybody is Somebody in New Mexico" (1975)
- Question: Red or Green? (1999)[6]
- Answer: Red and Green or Christmas. (1999[1]
Capital
Music
- English state song: O Fair New Mexico, Spanish: O, Justo Nuevo México (1917)
- Spanish state song: Spanish: Asi Es Nuevo México, Such is New Mexico (1971)
- Bilingual state song: Spanish: New Mexico-Mi Lindo Nuevo México, New Mexico-My Lovely New Mexico (1995)
- State cowboy song: Under New Mexico Skies (2009)[7]
Other
(*) The official state question refers to a question commonly heard at restaurants, where waiters will ask customers "red or green?" in reference to which kind of chili pepper or "chile sauce" the customers wants served with their meal. This type of "chile" is usually distinct from salsa, as the chile sauce is much finer and thicker and more commonly served with meals. Natives are more likely to refer to the chile sauce put on their meal as just plain "chile", and not as any form of "salsa" (which is usually reserved by natives in English for the salsa served with chips; everything else is just "chile").
Notes
- ^ Crescit eundo was added to the territorial seal in 1882. This change was officially adopted by the legislature in 1887.[4]
- ^ "Land of Enchantment" was first coined by Lillian Whiting in a book on the state in 1906. The slogan later appeared on New Mexico license plates in 1941; a trademark was obtained by the state in 1947. It was not until June 18, 1999 that the phrase was adopted as the official nickname.[5]
- ^ Santa Fe is the longest serving capital in the United States, since 1610.
Further reading
- "State Symbols". Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
- Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State. "State Symbols". New Mexico Centennial Blue Book 2012 (PDF). Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State. pp. 138–168. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
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References
- ^ a b "New Mexico Statutes Annotated". New Mexico Compilation Commission. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
- ^ "State Symbols". New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
- ^ Rick Wyatt, Joe McMillan, Nick Artimovich, William E. Dunning, Nathan Lamm, Sascha Zimmer (2011-06-10). "New Mexico (U.S.)". CRW Flags Inc. Store. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
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- ^ a b c Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State. "State Symbols". New Mexico Centennial Blue Book 2012 (PDF). Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State. pp. 138–168. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
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- ^ "Under New Mexico Skies Declared Official State Cowboy Song". New Mexico Music Commission, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. 2009-03-29. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ^ "State Symbols: State reptile". Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
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