Designation | Symbol / Emblem |
Bean | Baked Navy Bean |
Berry | Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) |
Beverage | Cranberry Juice |
Bird | Chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus) |
Building & Monument Stone | Granite |
Cat | Tabby Cat (Felis familiaris) |
Ceremonial March | The Road to Boston Composer unknown. |
Children’s Author and Illustrator | Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss |
Children’s Book | Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey |
Citizenry | Bay Staters |
Cookie | Chocolate Chip Cookie |
Dessert | Boston Cream Pie |
Dog | Boston Terrier (Canis familiaris bostenensis) |
Donut | Boston Cream Donut |
Explorer Rock | Dighton Rock |
Fish | Cod (Gadus morrhua) |
Flag | Massachusetts Flag |
Flower or Floral Emblem | Mayflower (Epigaea repens) |
Folk Dance | Square Dance |
Folk Hero | Johnny Appleseed |
Folk Song | Massachusetts words and music by Arlo Guthrie |
Fossil | Dinosaur Tracks |
Game Bird | Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) |
Gem | Rhodonite |
Glee Club Song | The Great State of Massachusetts, words by George A. Wells, and music by J. Earl Bley |
Heroine | Deborah Samson |
Historical Rock | Plymouth Rock |
Horse | Morgan Horse (Equus cabullus morganensis) |
Insect | Ladybug ( More ) |
Marine Mammal | Right Whale (Eubabalena glacialis) |
Mineral | Babingtonite |
Ode | Ode to the Commonwealth words and music by Joseph Falzone |
Muffin | Corn Muffin |
Patriotic Song | Massachusetts (Because of You Our Land is Free) words and music by Bernard Davidson |
Poem | Blue Hills of Massachusetts composed by Katherine E. Mullen |
Polka | Say Hello to Someone in Massachusetts by Lenny Gomulka |
Rock | Roxbury Puddingstone (Roxbury Conglomerate) |
Shell | New England Neptune (Neptuna lyrata decemcostata) |
Soil | Paxton Soil Series* |
Song | All Hail to Massachusetts words and music by Arthur J. Marsh |
Tree | American Elm (Ulmus americana) |
Veterans of Southwest Asia War Monument | Worcester, Desert Calm Committee, Inc. |
Vietnam War Memorial | Memorial in Worcester |
Massachusetts State Symbols
Designation Symbol / Emblem Bean Baked Navy Bean Berry Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) Beverage Cranberry Juice Bird Chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus) Building & Monument Stone Granite Cat Tabby Cat (Felis familiaris) Ceremonial…