List of state symbols | |
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Motto | Audemus jura nostra defendere |
Song | "Alabama" |
Foundation day | December 14, 1814 |
Living insignia | |
Amphibian | Red Hills salamander |
Bird | Yellowhammer |
Butterfly | Monarch butterfly |
Fish |
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Flower | Camelia |
Fruit | Blackberry |
Horse breed | Racking horse |
Mammal | American black bear |
Mascot | Eastern tiger swallowtail |
Reptile | Alabama red-bellied turtle |
Tree | Southern longleaf pine |
Vegetable | Sweet potato |
Inanimate insignia | |
Drink | Conecuh Ridge Alabama Fine Whiskey |
Folk dance | Square dance |
Fossil | Basilosaurus |
Game | Wild turkey |
Gemstone | Star blue quartz |
Mineral | Hematite |
Rock | Marble |
Shell | Johnstone's junonia |
Ship | USS Alabama |
Soil | Bama |
Sweet |
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State route marker | |
State quarter | |
Released in 2003 | |
Lists of United States state symbols |
The state of Alabama has a total of 41 official state emblems. The oldest symbol is the Alabama State Bible, from 1853.[1] The most recently designated symbol is the peach, Alabama's state tree fruit, established in 2006.
Alabama does not have an official nickname, although "Heart of Dixie" was strongly promoted by the Alabama Chamber of Commerce in the 1940s and 1950s, and put on state license plates.[2][3]