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Designation Symbol / Emblem Adopted
Great Seal Find out more 1876
Flag Find out more 1904
Flower Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) 1918
Song "Maryland, My Maryland" 1939
Tree White Oak (Quercus alba) 1941
Bird Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 1947
Sport Jousting     Maryland Jousting Tournament Association 1962
Dog Chesapeake Bay Retriever 1964
Fish Rockfish or Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) 1965
Insect Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas phaeton) 1973
Summer Theater Olney Theatre, Montgomery County (Website) 1978
Theater Center Stage, Baltimore (Website) 1978
Boat Skipjack 1985
Crustacean Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) 1989
Folk Dance Square Dancing 1994
Fossil Shell Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae (Wilson)    Fact Sheet 6 from the Maryland Geological Survey. 1994
Reptile Diamondback Terapin (Malaclemys terrapin) 1994
Dinosaur Astrodon johnstoni    Fact Sheet 12 from the Maryland Geological Survey. 1998
Drink Milk 1998
Cat Calico Cat 2001
Horse Thoroughbred Horse 2003
Gem Patuxent River Stone 2004
Team Sport Lacrosse 2004
Dessert Smith Island Cake 2008
How a Bill Becomes Law in Maryland     The Legislative Process

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