Title 01, Title 01: General Provisions

§ 495. State Flag The Flag of the State shall be blue with the Coat of Arms of the State thereon.

§ 496. State Flags, purchase, distribution The Secretary of State shall obtain, through the Department of Buildings and General Services, State Flags. The Secretary may, on terms that he or she finds appropriate, distribute these State Flags to other states; to State officials, d…

§ 496a. Bennington Battle Flag The Secretary of State shall obtain, through the Department of Buildings and General Services, two copies of the Bennington Battle Flag, one for delivery to the Sergeant at Arms to be flown at the State House in Montpelier, under the U.S. Flag, on t…

§ 496b. Green Mountain Boys Flag The Secretary of State shall obtain, through the Department of Buildings and General Services, a copy of the Green Mountain Boys Flag for delivery to the Sergeant at Arms to be flown at the State House in Montpelier, under the U.S. Flag, on the 15…

§ 496c. POW-MIA flag; flying on State flagpoles The State of Vermont shall fly on State-owned flagpoles, where practicable, the National League of Families Prisoner of War and Missing in Action flag, as designated in 36 U.S.C. § 902, provided the flag is donated. (Added 2017, No.…

§ 496d. Flag protocol The Department of Buildings and General Services shall adopt and update as necessary a protocol for the flying of any flag on a State-owned flagpole and on municipally owned flagpoles if statutorily directed. The protocol shall incorporate any existing flag-…

§ 496e. Honor and Remember Flag The Honor and Remember Flag is designated as the flag that recognizes those Vermonters who died during or as the result of serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. This designation will recognize their bravery and educate Vermonters about t…

§ 497. State Bird The State Bird shall be the hermit thrush.

§ 498. State Flower The State Flower shall be the red clover.

§ 499. State Tree The State Tree shall be the sugar maple.

§ 500. State Animal The State Animal shall be the Morgan horse. (1961, No. 42, § 1, eff. March 23, 1961.)

§ 501. State Fish The State Cold Water Fish shall be the brook trout (salvelinus fontinalis) and the State Warm Water Fish shall be the walleye pike (sander vitreus). (Added 2011, No. 82 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 13, 2012.)

§ 502. State Insect The State Insect shall be the honeybee. (Added 1977, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 17, 1978.)

§ 503. State Beverage The State Beverage shall be milk. (Added 1983, No. 22, § 1, eff. April 22, 1983.)

§ 504. State Soil The State Soil shall be the Tunbridge soil series. (Added 1985, No. 9, § 1, eff. Mar. 27, 1985.)

§ 505. State Butterfly The State Butterfly shall be the monarch. (Added 1987, No. 72, § 1, eff. June 8, 1987.)

§ 506. State Gem The State Gem shall be the grossular garnet. (Added 1991, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 28, 1992.)

§ 507. State Rocks The State Rocks shall be marble, granite, and slate. (Added 1991, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 28, 1992.)

§ 508. State Mineral The State Mineral shall be talc. (Added 1991, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 28, 1992.)

§ 509. State Fossils (a) The State Marine Fossil shall be the white whale fossilized skeleton at the University of Vermont’s Perkins Geology Museum. (b) The State Terrestrial Fossil shall be the Mount Holly mammoth tooth and tusk at the Mount Holly Community Historical Museum. (A…

§ 510. State Flavor The State Flavor shall be maple from the Vermont sugar maple tree. (Added 1993, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 26, 1994.)

§ 511. State Amphibian The State Amphibian shall be the northern leopard frog. (Added 1997, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 21, 1998.)

§ 512. State Pie The State Pie shall be apple pie. (Added 1999, No. 15, § 1, eff. May 10, 1999.)

§ 513. State Fruit The State Fruit shall be the apple. (Added 1999, No. 15, § 3, eff. May 10, 1999.)

§ 514. State Song The State Song shall be “These Green Mountains.” (Added 1999, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 5, 2000.)

§ 515. State Heritage Livestock Breed The Randall Lineback breed of cattle shall be an official State Heritage breed of livestock. (Added 2005, No. 97 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)

§ 516. State Sports The State Winter Sports shall be skiing and snowboarding. (Added 2011, No. 77 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 8, 2012.)

§ 517. State Fly-Fishing Fly The State Fly-Fishing Fly shall be the Governor Aiken bucktail streamer. (Added 2013, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 14.)

§ 518. State Latin Motto The State Latin Motto shall be Stella quarta decima fulgeat (May the 14th star shine bright). (Added 2015, No. 6, § 1.)

§ 519. State Vegetable The State Vegetable shall be the Gilfeather turnip. (Added 2015, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

§ 520. State Mushroom The State Mushroom shall be Hericium Americanum, commonly known as the bear’s head tooth mushroom. (Added 2023, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 7, 2024.)