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State Motto: “Alki,” meaning “by and by” in Chinook was used by early Euro-American traders and Native Americans. This is also present in the original Territorial Seal.
State Seal: The official State Seal encompasses a likeness of President George Washington adapted in 1967 with the words “Great Seal of the State of Washington 1889”.
State Flag: The State Seal on a green background adopted in 1923.
State Nickname: “The Evergreen State” license plates.
State Song: “Washington, My Home,” penned by Helen Davis.
State Folk Song: Woody Guthrie’s “Roll On Columbia, Roll On”.
State Dance: The quadrille.
State Mammal: The mountain beaver.
State Marine Mammal: The orca.
State Bird: The American goldfinch.
State Insect: The green darner dragonfly.
State Fish: The Steelhead trout.
State Mollusk: The banana slug (unofficial).
State Flower: The Coast Rhododendron.
State Tree: The western hemlock.
State Fruit: The apple.
State Grass: The bluebunch wheatgrass.
State Fossil: The Columbian Mammoth.
State Gem: Petrified wood.
State Ship: The container ship President Washington.
State Tartan: A grid of intersecting bands of color on a solid background based on traditional Gaelic weaves in red, white, blue, yellow, and green pattern.