Kentucky's State Symbols

• State Seal
  The Kentucky State Seal
• State Flag
  The Kentucky State Flag
• State Bird
  Cardinal
  (Cardinalis cardinalis)
• State Flower
  Goldenrod
  (Soldiago gigantea)
• State Tree
  Tulip Poplar
  (Lirodendroan tulipifera)

• State Nickname The Bluegrass State
• State Motto "United We Stand, Divided We Fall"
• Official Latin Motto "Deo gratiam habeamus" ("Let us be grateful to God")
• Official State Slogan "Unbridled Spirit"
• State Song "My Old Kentucky Home (contemporary version)", by Stephen C. Foster
• State Bluegrass Song "Blue Moon of Kentucky" , William S. "Bill" Monroe
• State Language English

• State Fossil Brachiopod
• State Butterfly Viceroy Butterfly (Limenitis archippus)
• State Wild Animal Game Species Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
• State Horse Thoroughbred (Equus caballus)
• State Fish Kentucky Spotted Bass (Micropterus punctulatus)
• State Fruit Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis)
• State Drink Milk
• State Rock Kentucky Agate
• State Gemstone Freshwater Pearl
• State Soil Crider Soil Series
• State Mineral Coal
• State Musical Instrument Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer
• State Music Bluegrass Music
• State Silverware Pattern "Old Kentucky Blue Grass, The Georgetown Pattern"
• State Dance Clogging

• State Arboretum Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
• State Botanical Garden University of Kentucky Arboretum
• State Honey Festival Clarkson Honeyfest
• State Science Center Louisville Science Center
• State Outdoor Musical "The Stephen Foster Story"
• State Theatre Pipe Organ Kentucky Theatre's Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ
• Official Center for the Celebration of African American Heritage Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, Louisville
• State Amphitheater Iroquois Amphitheater
• State Tug-o-War Championship The Forsdville (Ohio County) Tug-of-War Championship
• Coverd Bridge Capital of Kentucky Fleming County
• Official Covered Bridge of Kentucky Switzer Covered Bridge (Franklin County)
• Official Steam Locomotive of Kentucky "Old 152"
• Official Pipe Band Louisville Pipe Band
• State Bourbon Festival Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Incorporated, Bardstown
• Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Shakespeare in Central Park, Louisville