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Alaska State Symbols Online

Alaska Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

 

Alaska State Symbols Online is a state resource directory containing descriptions and pictures of the state symbols, emblems, and mascots of the state, which can be quickly accessed. This resource guide represents many of Alaska state facts such as Alaska state symbols, the state flower, the state gemstone, the state insect, the state tree, the state bird, the state animal, the state flag that flies over Alaska, and the capital, as well as many more symbols, emblems, and mascots. These types of state directories are designed to help children learn, and are often used by children in the public and private education system as well as homeschooled children.

 

 

Alaska State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol

Name - Scientific

Adopted

Bird Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) 1955
Fish Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) 1962
Flag State Flag May 2, 1927
Floral Emblem Wild native Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis alpestris) Apr 28, 1917
Flower Wild native Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis alpestris) Apr 28, 1917
Fossil Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) 1986
Gem Jade (Nephrite) 1968
Insect Four Spot Skimmer Dragonfly (Libellula quadrimaculata) Aug 24,
1995
Land Mammal Moose (Alces alces) 1998
Language English May 1, 1998
Marine Mammal Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) 1983
Mineral Gold (Au) 1968
Motto "North to the Future" 1967
Nicknames NA
Seal Great Seal 1912
Sport Dog Mushing 1972
Song "Alaska's Flag" Feb 23, 1955
Tree Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchenensis) 1962
 
 
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