BY HALEY

THE LOON BECAME MINNESOTA STATE BIRD IN 1961.

THE PINK AND WHITE LADY'S SLIPPER BECAME MINNESOTA STATE FLOWER IN 1967.

THE BLUEBERRY MUFFIN BECAME MINNESOTA STATE MUFFIN IN 1988.

THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY BECAME MINNESOTA STATE BUTTERFLY IN 2000.

THE RED PINE TREE BECAME MINNESOTA STATE TREE IN 1953.

MILK BECAME MINNESOTA STATE DRINK IN 1984.

THE HONEY CRISP APPLE BECAME MINNESOTA STATE APPLE IN 2006.

THE MOREL MUSHROOM BECAME MINNESOTA STATE MUSHROOM IN 1984.

THE LAKE SUPERIOR AGATE BECAME MINNESOTA STATE GEMSTONE IN 1969.

WILD RICE BECAME MINNESOTA STATE GRAIN IN 1977.

MINNESOTA FIRST FLAG CAME TO MINNESOTA IN 1957.

THE SEAL DISPLAYS MANY SYMBOLS OF MINNESOTA.

THE WALLEYE BECAME MINNESOTA STATE FISH IN 1965.

THE STAR OF THE NORTH IS THE MOTTO AND IT BECAME MINNESOTA STATE MOTTO IN 1861.

THE MINNESOTA STATE PHOTOGRAPH IS NAMED "GRACE."

ICE HOCKEY CAME TO MINNESOTA IN 2009.

SOIL BECAME MINNESOTA STATE SOIL IN 2012.

THE SONG HAIL MINNESOTA WAS WRITTEN IN 1904.