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Designation	Symbol / Emblem	Adopted
Great Seal	Find out more	1780
Flower or Floral Emblem	Mayflower (Epigaea repens)	1918
Bird	Chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus)	1941
Tree	American Elm (Ulmus americana)	1941
Beverage	Cranberry Juice	1970
Horse	Morgan Horse (Equus cabullus morganensis)	1970
Flag	Find out more	1971
Mineral	Babingtonite	1971
Fish	Cod (Gadus morrhua)	1974
Insect	Lady Bug	1974
Dog	Boston Terrier (Canis familiaris bostenensis)	1979
Gem	Rhodonite	1979
Fossil	Dinosaur Tracks	1980
Marine Mammal	Right Whale (Eubabalena glacialis)	1980
Folk Song	"Massachusetts" words and music by Arlo Guthrie	1981
Poem	"Blue Hills of Massachusetts" composed by Katherine E. Mullen	1981
Song	"All Hail to Massachusetts" words and music by Arthur J. Marsh	1981
Building & Monument Stone	Granite	1983
Explorer Rock	Dighton Rock	1983
Heroine	Deborah Samson	1983
Historical Rock	Plymouth Rock	1983
Rock	Roxbury Puddingstone (Roxbury Conglomerate)	1983
Ceremonial March	"The Road to Boston" Composer unknown.	1985
Muffin	Corn Muffin	1986
Shell	New England Neptune (Neptuna lyrata decemcostata)	1987
Cat	Tabby Cat (Felis familiaris)	1988
Patriotic Song	"Massachusetts (Because of You Our Land is Free)" words and music by Bernard Davidson	1989
Citizenry	Bay Staters	1990
Folk Dance	Square Dance	1990
Soil	Paxton Soil Series*	1990
Vietnam War Memorial	Memorial in Worcester	1990
Game Bird	Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)	1991
Bean	Baked Navy Bean	1993
Veterans of Southwest Asia War Monument	Worcester, Desert Calm Committee, Inc.	1993
Berry	Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)	1994
Dessert	Boston Cream Pie	1996
Folk Hero	Johnny Appleseed	1996
Cookie	Chocolate Chip Cookie	1997
Glee Club Song	"The Great State of Massachusetts", words by George A. Wells, and music by J. Earl Bley	1997
Polka	"Say Hello to Someone in Massachusetts" by Lenny Gomulka	1998
Ode	"Ode to the Commonwealth" words and music by Joseph Falzone	2000
Children's Author and Illustrator	Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss	2003
Children's Book	"Make Way for Ducklings" by Robert McCloskey	2003
Donut	Boston Cream Donut	2003
Blues Artist	Henry St. Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal)	2006
Sport	Basketball	2006
Reptile	Garter snake	2007
Artist	Norman Rockwell	2008
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