You might think Americans wouldn’t care much about what’s on their state flags. But studying state identities has taught me ...

Year of North Carolina'. In an effort to celebrate the state's character, lawmakers decided to celebrate all existing state symbols, instead of introducing new ones this year. State symbols must be ...

Official state symbols date to the late 1800s ... has played in the state’s development and its contribution to the economy, supporters say. It’s all about Nashville hot chicken in Tennessee, where a ...

The governor agrees. New Mexicans we spoke with said our symbols connect us to our culture, but there must be a balance. “I learned the state song and all of the state symbols in the fourth ...

Official state symbols date to the late 1800s ... supporters say. It's all about Nashville hot chicken in Tennessee, where a proposal calls for making the popular dish an official state food ...

Find all of California’s state symbols here. The Dungeness crab, banana slug and black abalone joined other icons such as the California grizzly bear, which is the official state animal ...

It's all about Nashville hot chicken in Tennessee ... roots to Basque immigrants who settled out West to its list of state symbols. Shooting for the stars In North Carolina, lawmakers are ...