List of Arkansas state symbols facts for kids

Location of the state of Arkansas in the United States

The state of Arkansas has numerous symbols.

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", which 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.

Insignia

Type	Symbol	Description	Year	Image	Source
Flag	The Flag of Arkansas
Seal	The Great Seal of the State of Arkansas
Anthem	"Arkansas" by Eva Ware Barnett	Officially recognized by state law	1987	—
Historical song	"The Arkansas Traveler" by Sandford C. Faulkner	Officially recognized by state law	1987	—
Motto	Regnat Populus "The People Rule"	Officially recognized by state law	1907	—
Song	"Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)" by Wayland Holyfield	Officially recognized by state law	1987	—
Song	"Oh, Arkansas" by Terry Rose and Gary Klass	Officially recognized by state law	1987	—

State symbols

Type	Symbol	Description	Year	Image	Source
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	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.	1987
Gem	Diamond		1967
Grain	Rice Oryza sp.		2007
Grape	Cynthiana grape Vitis aestivalis		2009
Historic cooking vessel	Dutch oven		2001
Insect	Honey bee Apis mellifera		1973
Mammal	White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus		1993
Mineral	Quartz		1967
Musical instrument	Fiddle		1985
Nut	Pecan Carya illinoinensis		2009
Primitive fish	Alligator gar Atractosteus spatula		2019
Rock	Bauxite		1967
Soil	Stuttgart soil series		1997
Tree	Pine tree either Pinus taeda or Pinus echinata		1939

Other

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  State quarter for Arkansas

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  USS Arkansas (CGN-41)

See also

• List of Arkansas-related topics
• Lists of United States state insignia
• State of Arkansas