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State symbols and emblems
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Designation Symbol / Emblem Adopted
Great Seal Find out more 1796
1987
Flag Find out more 1905
Wildflower Passion Flower (Passiflora incarnata) 1919
1973
Song "My Homeland, Tennessee" words by Nell Grayson Taylor, music by Roy Lamont Smith 1926
Public School Song "My Tennessee" by Francis Hannah Tranum 1931
1955
Bird Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Senate Joint Resolution number 51 1933
Cultivated Flower Iris (genus Iridaceae) Senate Joint Resolution number 53 1933
1973
Song "When It's Iris Time in Tennessee" by Willa Mae Waid 1935
Tree Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) 1947
Slogan "Tennessee - America at its Best" 1965
Song "Tennessee Waltz" by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King 1965
Stone Agate - House Joint Resolution 42 1969
Wild Animal Raccoon (Procyon lotor) House Joint Resolution 156 1972
Poem "Oh Tennesssee, My Tennessee" by Vice-Admiral William Porter Lawrence 1973
Insects Firefly (Photinus pyralis)
Honeybee (Apis mellifera)		 1975
U.S. Bicentennial March Song "The Tennessee Salute" by Richard M. "Pek" Gunn - Sentate Joint Resolution 19 1975
U.S. Bicentennial Song "Fly Eagle, Fly!" by James Rogers - Sentate Joint Resolution 161 1976
Railroad Museum Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, Hamilton County 1978
Gem Tennessee Pearl 1979
Rock Limestone (Calcium carbonate) 1979
Folk Dance Square Dance 1980
Fine Art Porcelain painting 1981
Song "Rocky Top" by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant 1982
Language English 1984
Commercial Fish Channel Catfsh (Ictalurus lacustris punctatus) 1988
Game Bird Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus) 1988
Sport Fish Large-mouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
Small-mouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) Effective 06/07/05		 1988
2005
Agricultural Insect Honeybee (Apis mellifera) 1990
Bicentennial Tree The Yellowwood Tree (Cladrastis lutea) Senate Joint Resolution number 62 1991
97th General Assembly Song "Tennessee" by Vivian Rorie 1992
Butterfly Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus) ( More ) 1994
Amphibian Tennessee Cave Salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus) 1995
Reptile Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)  (Picture) 1995
Bicentennial Rap Song "A Tennessee Bicentennial Rap" by Joan Hill Hanks - Senate Joint Resolution 315 1996
Bicentennial School Song "My Home Will Always Be in Tennessee" by Shirley McRae, Terre Campbella-McCormick and Margaret Campbelle duGard - House Joint Resolution 2 1996
Song "The Pride of Tennessee" by Fred Congdon, Thomas Vaughn and Carol Elliot 1996
Bicentennial Poem "Who Are We" by Margaret Britton Vaughn 1997
Jamboree and Crafts Festival The Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree and Crafts Festival - House Joint Reolution 24 1997
Tartan As adopted by the Heart of Tennessee Scottish Celebration in conjunction with all the other Scottish Societies. 1999
Theatre Tennessee Theatre Knoxville 1999
Horse Tennessee Walking Horse ( More ) 2000
Aviation Hall of Fame Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame, Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in Sevier County 2001
Fruit Tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) 2003
How a Bill Becomes Law in Tennessee     Diagram*
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