New York State Symbols
Liberty holds a staff topped with a Phrygian cap, symbolic of the cap given to a
Roman slave upon the formal act of emancipation and freedom. www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/nysfacts/stfacts.html
NYS Department of State - Kids' Room
New York - Fotw
Legal Description of Flag,
Coat of Arms,
Governor's flag,
Colonial flag,
State Military Crest. www.fotw.us/flags/us-ny.html
New York - wikipedia.org
New York was inhabited by Algonquian, Iroquois, and Lenape
indigenous people at the time Dutch and French nationals
moved into the region in the very early 17th century. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York