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Washington Facts
Origin of Name: In honor of George Washington
Nickname: Evergreen State
Motto: Al-Ki (Indian word meaning "by and by")
State Symbols:
flower - coast rhododendron (1892)
tree - western hemlock (1947)
bird - willow goldfinch (1951)
fish - steelhead trout (1969)
gem - petrified wood (1975)
colors - green and gold (1925)
song - "Washington, My Home" (1959)
folk song - "Roll On Columbia, Roll On" (1987)
dance - square dance (1979)
grass - bluebunch wheatgrass (1989)
insect - blue darner dragonfly (1997)
fossil - Columbian mammoth (1998)
fruit - apple (1989)
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