The State of Maryland has two nicknames - the Free State and the Old Line State, and Maryland entered into Statehood on April 28, 1788. The Maryland State capital is Annapolis, and the Maryland State motto is fatti maschii, parole femine which means manly deeds, womanly words. The Maryland State bird is the Baltimore oriole (1947). The Maryland State boat is the skipjack (1985). The Maryland State crustacean is the Maryland blue crab (1989). The Maryland State dinosaur is the Astrodon johnstoni (1998). The Maryland State dog is the Chesapeake Bay retriever (1964). The Maryland State beverage is milk (1998). The Maryland State flower is the black-eyed susan (1918). The Maryland State fish is the rockfish (1965). The Maryland State folk dance is the square dance (1994). The Maryland State fossil is the shell ecphora gardnerae gardnerae (Wilson) (1994). The Maryland State insect is the Baltimore checkerspot butterfly (1973). The Maryland State reptile is the Diamondback terrapin (1994). The Maryland State song is “Maryland! My Maryland!” (1939). The Maryland State sport is jousting (1962). The Maryland State tree is the white oak (1941).