Agriculture and Commerce before statehood.
The state motto of Tennessee is "Agriculture and Commerce", which is fairly straightforward : agriculture means farming and commerce means business and trade.
The Motto of Tennnessee is "AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE"
Agriculture and Commerce
Farmingdale State College's motto is 'What will four years do for you?'.
The state motto of Texas is "Friendship"
The motto of State University of New York at Brockport is 'Expect the Extraordinary!'.
The motto of Ocean State Job Lot is 'The End of High Prices'.
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The tulip-tree is the state tree of Tennessee.
The official Arkansas state motto is "Regnat Populus" meaning "The People Rule"
The New Jersey state motto "Liberty and prosperity" became the state motto in 1928.
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The state motto for Washington State is the single word "Alki" which is from the Chinook Language, meaning "By and by."
The New York State Motto is a simple one. It is "Excelsior" - meaning ever upward.
California's state motto is "Eureka" meaning "I have found it."
The Washington's state motto was Al-ki or Alki, a Indian word meaning "bye and bye" or "hope for the future." And now, it was changed to New York-Alki, meaning "into the future" the version of the term "bye and bye" or "I will see you, bye and bye."
The Pennsylvania state motto "Virtue, liberty, and Independence" became a state motto in 1875.
The State Motto of Texas is Friendship
Mississippi's State motto, Virtute Et Armis, meaning (by valor and arms,) may have been suggested by the motto of Lord Gray De Wilton, Virtute Non Armis Fido and accepted as an element of the Mississippi coat of arms as adopted in 1894.