List of Wisconsin state symbols
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This is a list of the state symbols of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Insignia
[edit]Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
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Flag | The flag of Wisconsin | 1863 | ![]() |
Motto | "Forward" | 1851 | ![]() |
Nicknames | Badger State, America's Dairyland[1] | ||
Seal | The Great Seal of Wisconsin | 1881 | ![]() |
Species
[edit]Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Animal | Badger Taxidea taxus | 1957 | |
Bird | American robin Turdus migratorius | 1949 | ![]() |
Domestic animal | Dairy cow Bos taurus | 1971 | ![]() |
Dog | American Water Spaniel | 1985 | |
Fish | Muskellunge Esox masquinongy | 1955 | ![]() |
Flower | Wood violet Viola sororia | 1909 | ![]() |
Fruit | Cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon | 2003 | ![]() |
Grain | Corn Zea mays | 1989 | ![]() |
Insect | Western honey bee Apis mellifera | 1977 | ![]() |
Tree | Sugar maple Acer saccharum | 1949 | ![]() |
Wildlife animal | White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus | 1957 | ![]() |
Geology
[edit]Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Fossil | Trilobite Calymene celebra | 1985 | ![]() |
Mineral | Galena | 1971 | ![]() |
Rock | Granite | 1971 | |
Soil | Antigo (soil) | 1983 | ![]() |
Culture
[edit]Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
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Ballad | "Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams" | 2001 | |
Beverage | Milk | 1987 | ![]() |
Dance | Polka | 1993 | |
Pastry | Kringle[2] | 2013 | ![]() |
Slogan | America's Dairyland[3] | 1940 | |
Song | "On, Wisconsin!" | 1959 | |
Symbol of peace | Mourning dove Zenaidura macroura carolinensis | 1971 | ![]() |
Tartan | Wisconsin tartan[4][5] | 2007 | ![]() |
Waltz | "The Wisconsin Waltz" | 2001 |
References
[edit]- Barish, Lawrence S., ed. (2009). "Chapter 11: Wisconsin State Symbols". State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2009–2010 (PDF). Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. ISBN 978-0-9752820-3-8. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
- ^ Dornfeld, Margaret; Hantula, Richard (2010). Wisconsin: It's my state!. Marshall Cavendish. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-60870-062-2.
- ^ Alison Bauter. "Sweet taste of victory: Kringle now official state pastry". July 6, 2013. Accessed January 26, 2018.
- ^ "Wisconsin State Symbols". Wisconsin Historical Society. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, ed. (2011). "Wisconsin State Symbols" (PDF). State of Wisconsin 2011-2012 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Legislature Joint Committee on Legislative Organization. p. 952.
- ^ "Tartan Details - the Scottish Register of Tartans".