Official State Symbols

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Coin in coin sleeve with "Arkansas-Robinson Half Dollar" written on it
Arkansas Centennial Commemorative Half Dollars
The United States Mint issued two silver half dollars commemorating the 1936 centennial of Arkansas’s stateh...
Interior, white man in suit seated signing paper, with white man standing holding form
Arkansas Creed
The germ of the Arkansas Creed was contained in House Concurrent Resolution 2 of 1969, introduced by state rep...
Back side of coin engraved with the words "Arkansas 1836," a diamond, river scene with duck and flowers, and "2003 E Pluribus Unum" below that
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...
Green, white, and red tartan design
Arkansas Tartans
Arkansas tartans, symbolic of the state, are unique cloth patterns using the traditional Scottish plaid. The c...
signed photo with white man in purple shirt and vest holding an acoustic guitar
Arkansas Waltz
In 1917, the Arkansas General Assembly designated “Arkansas,” a patriotic anthem composed by Eva Ware Barn...
"Hot Springs National Park" sign with trees and two-story bath house with hospital building in the background
Hot Springs National Park Quarter
The 2010 Hot Springs National Park Quarter was released for circulation on April 19, 2010, the first coin issu...
Uniformed white boys and men some with instruments and flags parading down street lined with multistory storefront buildings
Official Days
aka: State Holidays and Commemorative Days
The Arkansas Code sets aside ten days as official holidays, days on...
Group of white girls in uniforms posing with milk truck
Official State Beverage
aka: Milk
In 1985, the Arkansas General Assembly designated milk the state’...
Mockingbird perched in cedar branches with small blue berry in beak
Official State Bird
aka: Mockingbird
On March 5, 1929, Governor Harvey Parnell and the Forty-seventh Gen...
three butterflies that are dark brown with yellow along the edges of their wings are perched upon some orange flowers
Official State Butterfly
aka: Diana Fritillary [Butterfly]
On February 28, 2007, Act 156 of the Arkansas General Assembly desi...
Old white man in overalls and hat cooking with three Dutch ovens in a fire pit on the ground
Official State Cooking Vessel
aka: Dutch Oven
The Dutch oven was adopted as the state historic cooking vessel to ...
White men and women dancing among trees
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...
Close up small blooming flower with four buds fuzzy leaves held by grubby fingers
Official State Flower
aka: Apple Blossom
In 1901, the Arkansas General Assembly designated the apple blossom...
Ripe red tomato on green vines with leaves in pot
Official State Fruit and Vegetable
aka: South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato
In 1987, the Arkansas General Assembly conferred official state sym...
Man wearing hat and vest standing in dirt field
Official State Gem
aka: Diamond
On February 22, 1967, Governor Winthrop Rockefeller signed Act 128,...
rice field with inset of closer look at rice plant
Official State Grain
aka: Rice
Rice was designated the official grain of the State of Arkansas by ...
White man sitting on green tractor while two white men load grapes onto wooden bin behind it in vineyard
Official State Grape
aka: Cynthiana Grape
Approximately 150 commercial vineyards and wineries have operated i...
Honeybee with furry body on honey comb with complex hexagonal pattern structure
Official State Insect
aka: Honeybee
On February 1, 1973, Act 49 of the Arkansas General Assembly design...
Eight point white tail deer buck on tall grass slope neck turned facing camera
Official State Mammal
aka: White-tailed Deer
In March 1993, the Seventy-ninth General Assembly of Arkansas appro...
Older white man in slacks jacket and cap touching a large crystal and more crystals next to a chain link fence
Official State Mineral
aka: Quartz Crystal
On February 22, 1967, Governor Winthrop Rockefeller signed Act 128,...
"Great seal of the state of Arkansas" with eagle holding shield and "Regnat Popluas" ribbon in beak with angel mercy on one side and sword of justice on other
Official State Motto
aka: Regnat Populus
Arkansas’s state motto is Regnat Populus, which is Latin for “t...
Old white man playing a fiddle on stage with old white woman and white guitarists
Official State Musical Instrument
aka: Fiddle
On February 28, 1985, the Arkansas legislature approved Act 277, de...
document "Arkansas Called The Wonder State Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2 1923"
Official State Nicknames
aka: State Nickname
Since the earliest days of statehood, Arkansas has been popularly k...
White children
Official State Nut
aka: Pecan
The Eighty-seventh Arkansas General Assembly designated the pecan a...
Eight rocks with various sized discolored dot impressions photographed on dark fabric
Official State Rock
aka: Bauxite
Bauxite, the most common ore of aluminum, was designated the offici...
"Great seal of the state of Arkansas" with eagle holding shield and "Regnat Popluas" ribbon in beak with angel mercy on one side and sword of justice on other
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...
Sheet music with Arkansas state flag on cover
Official State Songs
Forty-eight of the fifty states have designated one or more songs as official “state songs.” Arkansas has ...
Loblolly Pine tree with pines deciduous trees in background pine trunk foreground clear sky daytime
Official State Tree
aka: Pine Tree
House Concurrent Resolution No. 2 of 1939 designated the pine tree ...