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Tennessee
amy has been to Tennessee for a vacation during the Christamas time period. She flew into Nashville to visit the sights and then drove on to Pigeon Forge to Dollywood to vist the theme park and see Dolly Parton perform her Christmas show.
Agricultural Insect: Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Ambassador of Letters: Harriette Louise Bias Allen
Amphibian: Tennessee Cave Salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus)
Art Form: Songwriting
Artist: Burton Callicott
Artist in Residence: H. R. Lovell
Aviation Hall of Fame: Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame (Website)
Bird: Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Butterfly: Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
Commercial Fish: Channel Catfish (Ictalurus lacustris punctatus)
Cultivated Flower: Iris (genus Iridaceae)
Fine Art: Porcelain painting
Folk Dance: Square Dance
Fruit: Tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Game Bird: Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus)
Great Seal: State Seal
Horse: Tennessee Walking Horse
Insects: Firefly (Photinus pyralis)
Ladybug
Jamboree and Crafts Festival: Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree and Crafts Festival (Website)
Language: English
Motto: "Agriculture and Commerce"
Nickname: "The Volunteer State"
"Big Bend State"
Painting: "Tennessee Treasures"
Poem: "Oh Tennesssee, My Tennessee"
Poet Laureate: Margaret "Maggi" Britton Vaughn
Public School Song: "My Tennessee"
Railroad Museum: Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (Website)
Reptile: Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
Rock: Limestone (Calcium carbonate)
Slogan: "Tennessee - America at its Best"
Song: "My Homeland, Tennessee"
Song: "When It's Iris Time in Tennessee"
Song: "Tennessee Waltz"
Song: "Rocky Top"
Song: "Tennessee"
Song: "The Pride of Tennessee"
Sport Fish: Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
Stone: Agate
Theatre: Tennessee Theatre (Website)
Tartan: Tennessee Tartan (Website)
Tree: Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Wild Animal: Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Wildflower: Passion Flower (Passiflora incarnata)