Everyone knows Georgia as the Peach State and that former president Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer at his home in Plains. Those being symbols in Georgia wouldn't be too surprising to learn.

“A Celebration of the Georgia State Symbols,” with a signing event scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday in the Usery Community Room of GMC Prep’s Usery Hall. The book will be available for ...

Brian Kemp in Savannah, Georgia. The bill was sponsored by Rick Townsend (R-Brunswick). It designated new official state symbols for the Peach State, including Brunswick stew as the official state ...

Cornbread now joins the family of state symbols. The Georgia House of Representatives passed and adopted the law on February 26, and the Georgia Senate passed the legislation on April 2 ...

Next to peaches and peanuts, Vidalia Onions are one of the biggest Georgia symbols. Celebrating that ... these onions have been Georgia's official state vegetables since 1990, they have a history ...

Georgia lawmakers recently passed a bill to recognize cornbread as their state’s official bread. The Oregon Legislature, meanwhile, is considering adopting the T-bone steak as an official symbol.