Official State Symbols

Arkansas Centennial Commemorative Half Dollars
The United States Mint issued two silver half dollars commemorating the 1936 centennial of Arkansas’s stateh...
Arkansas Creed
The germ of the Arkansas Creed was contained in House Concurrent Resolution 2 of 1969, introduced by state rep...
Arkansas State Quarter
The Arkansas state quarter was the twenty-fifth of fifty state quarters to be issued by the U.S. Mint under it...
Arkansas Tartans
Arkansas tartans, symbolic of the state, are unique cloth patterns using the traditional Scottish plaid. The c...
Arkansas Waltz
In 1917, the Arkansas General Assembly designated “Arkansas,” a patriotic anthem composed by Eva Ware Barn...
Hot Springs National Park Quarter
The 2010 Hot Springs National Park Quarter was released for circulation on April 19, 2010, the first coin issu...
Official Days
aka: State Holidays and Commemorative Days
The Arkansas Code sets aside ten days as official holidays, days on...
Official State Beverage
aka: Milk
In 1985, the Arkansas General Assembly designated milk the state’...
Official State Bird
aka: Mockingbird
On March 5, 1929, Governor Harvey Parnell and the Forty-seventh Gen...
Official State Butterfly
aka: Diana Fritillary [Butterfly]
On February 28, 2007, Act 156 of the Arkansas General Assembly desi...
Official State Cooking Vessel
aka: Dutch Oven
The Dutch oven was adopted as the state historic cooking vessel to ...
Official State Dance
aka: Square Dance
In 1991, the Arkansas General Assembly designated the square dance ...
Official State Flag
An official Arkansas state flag did not exist prior to 1913. During the Civil War, Arkansas soldiers fought un...
Official State Flower
aka: Apple Blossom
In 1901, the Arkansas General Assembly designated the apple blossom...
Official State Fruit and Vegetable
aka: South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato
In 1987, the Arkansas General Assembly conferred official state sym...
Official State Gem
aka: Diamond
On February 22, 1967, Governor Winthrop Rockefeller signed Act 128,...
Official State Grain
aka: Rice
Rice was designated the official grain of the State of Arkansas by ...
Official State Grape
aka: Cynthiana Grape
Approximately 150 commercial vineyards and wineries have operated i...
Official State Insect
aka: Honeybee
On February 1, 1973, Act 49 of the Arkansas General Assembly design...
Official State Mammal
aka: White-tailed Deer
In March 1993, the Seventy-ninth General Assembly of Arkansas appro...
Official State Mineral
aka: Quartz Crystal
On February 22, 1967, Governor Winthrop Rockefeller signed Act 128,...
Official State Motto
aka: Regnat Populus
Arkansas’s state motto is Regnat Populus, which is Latin for “t...
Official State Musical Instrument
aka: Fiddle
On February 28, 1985, the Arkansas legislature approved Act 277, de...
Official State Nicknames
aka: State Nickname
Since the earliest days of statehood, Arkansas has been popularly k...
Official State Nut
aka: Pecan
The Eighty-seventh Arkansas General Assembly designated the pecan a...
Official State Rock
aka: Bauxite
Bauxite, the most common ore of aluminum, was designated the offici...
Official State Seal
The term “state seal” refers to both a design incorporating specified symbolic or artistic elements create...
Official State Soil
aka: Stuttgart Soil Series
Act 890 of the Arkansas General Assembly of 1997 designated the Stu...
Official State Songs
Forty-eight of the fifty states have designated one or more songs as official “state songs.” Arkansas has ...
Official State Tree
aka: Pine Tree
House Concurrent Resolution No. 2 of 1939 designated the pine tree ...