Have you ever wondered why Wisconsin's state bird is the robin, why our state fruit is the cranberry, why our state animal is the badger? It might surprise you to know that often our state symbols ...

Discover why Idaho chose the Appaloosa as state horse and how this hardy, spotted breed still reflects the state’s identity.

Stones in the Bevard Collection of Keokuk Geodes are displayed at the Keokuk Area Convention & Tourism Office in 2021. The geode was declared Iowa’s official state rock in 1967. (The Gazette) Buy ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An East Tennessee Representative is looking to add a new entry to the list of official state symbols. Earlier this month, Rep. Lowell Russell (R—Vonore) introduced ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Education Department put out a directive to all school districts across the state to not use Native American symbols or mascots are part of their school name, mascots ...

Some state symbols are pretty obvious. There's California's state animal, the grizzly bear, right on its flag. It should come as no surprise that the official domestic animal of Wisconsin, the Dairy ...

New Jersey may be one of the smallest states in the nation, but our natural heritage is anything but modest. Tucked between two bustling metropolitan areas is a landscape teeming with life – human and ...

State Education Department issues memo requiring 60 school districts in New York to end the use of symbols by end of year. The decision will have an impact on 12 schools in the Capital Region.

States choose unusual foods, drinks, products to represent them. April 25, 2011 -- As states bestow official honors for flowers, folk dances and even desserts, is an official state energy drink on its ...

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