List of Arkansas state symbols

Location of the state of Arkansas in the United States

The following is a list of the symbols of the U.S. state of Arkansas.

State symbols

The Flag of Arkansas

The Great Seal of the State of Arkansas

The following state symbols are officially recognized by state law.

State anthem: "Arkansas" by Eva Ware Barnett, adopted: 1987
State historical song: "The Arkansas Traveler" by Sanford Faulkner, adopted: 1987
State motto: Regnat Populus ("The People Rule"), adopted: 1907
State songs: "Arkansas (You Run Deep In Me)" by Wayland Holyfield and "Oh, Arkansas" by Terry Rose and Gary Klass, adopted: 1987

Type	Symbol	Year
American folk dance	Square dance	1991
Beverage	Milk	1985
Bird	Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos	1929
Butterfly	Diana fritillary butterfly Speyeria diana	2007
Floral emblem	Apple blossom Pyrus malus	1901
Fruit and vegetable	South Arkansas vine ripe pink tomato Solanum lycopersicum	1987
Gem	Diamond	1967
Grain	Rice Oryza sp.	2007
Grape	Cynthiana grape Vitis aestivalis	2009
Historic cooking vessel	Dutch oven	2001
Insects	Honey bee Apis mellifera	1973
Mammal	White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus	1993
Mineral	Quartz	1967
Musical instrument	Fiddle	1985
Nut	Pecan Carya illinoinensis	2009
Rock	Bauxite	1967
Soil	Stuttgart	1997
Tree	Pine tree Pinus taeda	1939

Other

State quarter for Arkansas
USS Arkansas (CGN-41)

Extra info

The designation of a variety of tomato as both the state fruit and the state vegetable is correct. Standing on both sides of the long-running controversy, the law recognizes that the tomato is botanically a fruit, but is a vegetable in culinary use; thus it is officially both in Arkansas.

Though two other songs are designated as "state songs" (plus a "state historical song" which was the state song from 1949 to 1963), by state law the Secretary of State must respond to any requests for "the state song" with the music of the state anthem, "Arkansas"; it was the state song before 1949 and from 1963 to 1987, when it became state anthem and the other songs gained their present status. This is strictly to preserve the status of "Arkansas"; all four songs are either copyrighted by the state itself or in the public domain.

References

External links

State Symbols of Arkansas

State of Arkansas

Little Rock (capital)

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