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Maine State Symbols, Songs, and Emblems

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DesignationList a-z Symbol / Emblem Adopted

Sources...

Maine Secretary of State, State Symbols, <http://www.maine.gov/sos/kids/about/symbols/symbols.htm> (Accessed February 5, 2010)
Shankle, George Earlie. State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols. Irvine, Calif.: Reprint Services Corp, Revised edition, 1971.
Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols: A Historical Guide Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 3 Sub edition, 2001.

Animal Moose (Alces alces) 1979
Berry Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton) 1991
Bird Chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus) 1927
Cat Maine Coon Cat 1985
Crustacean Maine lobster (Homarus americanus) 2016
Dessert Blueberry pie 2010
Fish Landlocked Salmon (Salmo salar sebago Girard) 1969
Flag Find out more... 1909
Floral Emblem Pine cone and tassel (Pinus strobus L.) 1895
Fossil Pertica quadrifaria 1985
Great Seal Find out more... 1919
Herb Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) 1999
Heritage Fish Eastern brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) 2005
Heritage Fish Blueback charr (Salvelinus alpinus oquassa) 2007
Insect Honeybee (Apis mallifera) 1975
Language of the Deaf Community American Sign Language 1991
Mineral Tourmaline 1971
Soil Chesuncook Soil Series 1999
Soft Drink Moxie ® 2005
Song "State of Maine Song," words and music by Roger Vinton Snow 1937
Sweetener Pure Maine maple syrup 2015
Treat Whoopie pie 2010
Tree White Pine (Pinus strobus L.) 1945
Vessel Schooner "Bowdoin" 1987

Making laws in Maine

The Maine State Legislature provides a comprehensive section, titled Legislative Publications, to help us understand the work of the legislature. Among other publications, the section contains Maine's Path of Legislation that explains how a bill becomes law.

Additional Information

State Symbols: from the office of the Maine Secretary of State.

Maine Facts and Symbols
Maine
Facts and Symbols

Emily McAuliffe

Maine Facts and Symbols, by Emily McAuliffe. 24 pages. Publisher: Capstone Press; Rev Upd edition (August 2003) Reading level: Grades 3-4. Interest level: Grades 3-9. Perfect for report writing! Easy-to-read text covers major Maine symbols such as the state flag, seal, bird, tree, flower, animal, and more. A "Fast Facts" section highlights the state's capital city, largest city, physical size, population, natural resources, farm products, and primary manufactured goods. Also included are full-page maps that introduce the concept of the map key, which is great for teaching map-reading skills.

State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols
State Names, Seals
Flags and Symbols

Benjamin F. Shearer
Barbara S. Shearer

State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols, by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer. 544 pages. Greenwood Press; 3 Sub edition (October 30, 2001) This is one of the best, and most comprehensive, books we could find about the official state names and nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags, capitols, flowers, trees, birds, songs, and miscellaneous designations of each state. This, coupled with the 1938 Shankle book, formed the basis of our symbol library. If you're serious about your states symbols, you'll want to have this book and the one below. This book also contains information about state holidays, license plates, sports teams, universities and other trivia.

State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols, by George Earlie Shankle. 522 pages. Reprint Services Corp; Revised edition (June 1971) Reprint of the 1938 revised edition. The first comprehensive book about our state symbols! From the preface: "This book grew out of the desire of its author to know, about his native state, a great many facts which he found exceedingly difficult to obtain. After three years of research in the Library of Congress, he is able to give to the public this storehouse of information, which could have been gathered from not library less fertile in source material..."

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