Have you ever tried to answer the questions of what makes Rhode Island, Rhode Island? The state symbols are a good place to start. There's the obvious, like the nickname the Ocean State that pays ...

Have you ever wondered why Wisconsin's state bird is the robin, why our state fruit is the cranberry, why our state animal is the badger? It might surprise you to know that often our state symbols ...

North Carolina natives know the cardinal is the state bird and the dogwood is the state flower. But some official state symbols may have slipped your mind since grade school, and perhaps you’ve never ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Happy Birthday Tennessee! June 1, 1796, the Territory South of the River Ohio became Tennessee – the 16th state of the Union. To celebrate this day we take a closer look at ...

Everyone knows Georgia as the Peach State and that former president Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer at his home in Plains. Those being symbols in Georgia wouldn't be too surprising to learn. But ...

Students have a proud history of championing for state symbols. Their efforts before state representatives have resulted in a state bug, state fruit and a state animal. Even New Jersey's moniker ...

As Oregon lawmakers get back to work, one thing they will be deciding this session: Should the T-bone be the official state steak? If the T-bone becomes our steak, it will join a long procession of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Happy Birthday ...