Know Your Vermont State Symbols

Foliage, sugaring... what else would the state tree be?

The 1999 resolution specified that when serving apple pie, "a 'good faith' effort shall be made to meet one
or more of the following conditions: (a) with a glass of cold milk, (b) with a slice of cheddar cheese weighing a minimum of 1/2 ounce, (c) with a large scoop of vanilla ice cream."

Red clover was declared the state flower in 1895, despite being a native of Europe, not Vermont. Flatlander flower!

The Hermit Thrush was named state bird in 1941. According to the Secretary of State's 1993-1994 directory, the Hermit Thrush was nearly rejected because it migrates south for the winter. Snow bird, indeed.

Burton Snowboard founder Jake Burton Carpenter was on hand when Gov. Peter Shumlin signed this into law in 2012.

The original state song was "Hail, Vermont!" by Josephine Hovey Perry of Barre. In 2000, former governor Howard Dean signed a bill that designated "These Green Mountains" as the new state song, composed by Diane Martin and arranged by Rita Buglass Gluck.

The Monarch butterfly won its distinction in 1987, led by a proposal from a fifth-grade class at Cornwall Elementary School.

Milk became the state beverage in 1983. "Besides being highly regarded as a naturally nutritious beverage, the wholesomeness of milk itself reflects some of the appealing qualities of rural life," the resolution read.

The Morgan horse traces its lineage back to a late-18th-century breeder in Randolph.

The Northern leopard frog became the state amphibian after high numbers of the frogs began displaying abnormalities consistent with environmental problems.

Vermont actually has two state fish: the Walleye Pike is the warm water fish, while the Brook Trout is the cold water fish.

Grossular garnet is technically a mineral, but talc already had that title. "Grossular garnet from
the Belvidere Mine at Eden Mills is thought to be the finest specimen of its
kind anywhere," according to the 1993-1994 Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual, Biennial Session