The most recent additions to the list of state symbols and emblems, added in 2023, are the Hawken rifle as the state rifle and Piedmont and Wayne County, as the “ UFO Capitals of Missouri.

California’s list of official state symbols continues to grow after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 732, which designated the pallid bat as the official state bat. The bat’s official ...

New state symbols are proposed by a variety of advocates, but many, like the designation of Big Bluestem as the official state grass in 2007, are initially proposed by schoolchildren learning ...