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Should Vermont have an official Latin motto?

One Vermont state senator thinks so and hopes to get a new law passed this year.

Vermont has a lot of official symbols. The state tree is the sugar maple, the state mammal is the morgan horse, the state beverage is milk and the state's official pie is apple.

Now, Senator Joe Benning, R-Caledonia County, wants to add the official motto, "May the 14th Star Shine Bright" a reference to Vermont's place as the 14th state.

"Vermont used to make its own coins and on that coin called a harmon cent was that latin language which we are now seeking to have brought forward into the 21st century and have a latin motto," said Benning.

Benning says the bill was suggested to him by a middle school student from Lyndonville.