Michigan’s state motto is “Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice”, meaning “if you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you”. It was chosen in 1835 and appears on the state coat of arms and Great Seal of the State of Michigan. The coat of arms features a man on a shoreline, the words “Tuebor”, and a moose, elk, and bald eagle. The motto may have been inspired by a phrase in St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Michigan became a state in 1837 after a boundary dispute with Ohio was settled.
Michigan’s state motto is “Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice”. This is Latin for “if you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you,” referring to Michigan’s location between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. This phrase was chosen in 1835 and has been the official state motto of Michigan since it became a U.S. state in 1837. The state motto of Michigan is most associated with the official state coat of arms and the Great Seal of the State of Michigan.
The Michigan coat of arms contains a blue shield in the center with an image of a man standing on a shoreline with his right arm raised and his left holding a rifle or musket by the barrel while the butt of the weapon rests on the ground. Above this image is the word “Tuebor”, which is Latin for “I will defend” or “I will observe”. Flanking the shield are images of a moose and elk, while above it is a bald eagle similar to that which appears on the Great Seal of the United States, and the words “E pluribus unum”, Latin for “Out of many , one.” The words “Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice” appear below the shield, in black letters on a white ribbon. The great seal of the state of Michigan consists of the coat of arms set against a light blue background surrounded by a red circle containing the words “The Great Seal of the State of Michigan” above the coat of arms and “AD MDCCCXXXV”, the Roman numeral for 1835, below its.
Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice was chosen as Michigan’s state motto when the state Constitution was ratified in readiness for statehood in 1835. It may have been inspired by the phrase “Si monumentalum requiris, circumspice,” Latin for “If you seek a monument , look around you’, which is inscribed in St Paul’s Cathedral, London on the grave of cathedral architect Christopher Wren. However, Michigan Territory did not actually become the State of Michigan until 1837 because a boundary dispute between Michigan Territory and Ohio State over a narrow strip of land in what is now northwestern Ohio delayed the Congressional recognition of the new state up to its borders had been permanently fixed. The peninsula referred to is Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, as the Upper Peninsula was added to the newly recognized State of Michigan by Congress in 1837 as part of the settlement of the state’s dispute with Ohio and was not part of Michigan’s territory. Michigan when the motto was chosen in 1835.
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