State Song: "Yankee Doodle" (1978); State Bird: American Robin (1943); State Tree: White Oak (1947); State Flower: Mountain Laurel (1907);

Animal: sperm whale (1975); Hero: Nathan Hale (1985); Heroine: Prudence Crandall (1995); Insect: praying mantis (1977); Mineral: garnet (1977); Ship: USS Nautilus (1983); Shellfish: eastern oyster (1989); Fossil: Eubrontes Giganteus (1991); Composer: Charles Edward Ives (1991)