State Song - Hail! Minnesota
Hail! Minnesota was adopted as the state song in 1945.
“Hail! Minnesota,” was written in 1904 by University of Minnesota students Truman E. Rickard and Arthur E. Upson. A second verse was penned in 1905. The University of Minnesota Alumni Association, owner of the copyright to the song, released its copyright to the words and music, and in 1945 the Legislature adopted “Hail Minnesota” as the state song.
State Symbols
- State Bird - Loon
- State Drink - Milk
- State Fish - Walleye
- State Flag
- State Seal
- State Song - Hail! Minnesota
- State Fruit - Honeycrisp Apple
- State Butterfly - Monarch
- State Flower - Pink Lady's Slipper
- State Gemstone - Agate
- State Grain - Wild Rice
- State Muffin - Blueberry
- State Mushroom - Morel
- State Photograph - Grace
- State Sport - Ice Hockey
- State Tree- Norway Pine
- State Soil - Lester
- State Motto - L’etoile du Nord
- State Bee - Rusty Patched Bumblebee