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State Slogans
Advertising slogans, currently and formerly used by the US states.
A slogan is an advertising tag-line or phrase that advertisers create to visually expresses the importance and benefits of their product. By and large, it's a theme to a campaign that usually have a genuine role in people's lives.
Over the years, every state has establish state slogans to promote tourism for their state, which are official and unofficial, and change more often than state mottos and state nicknames. In considering these state slogans, you can make an observation about how the states market themselves. Whether it be controversial or cute, a state slogan can stick in the mind and give that state an identity.
The State's slogans can be displayed anywhere, from its official stationery to the stickers attached to state's cars, and are occasionally included on state license plates. These slogans anchor the State's messages or values in the targets' minds, improving the State image and presenting its residents as open minded people.
Advertising slogans used by the US states |
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State |
State Slogans |
| Alabama |
Share The Wonder |
| Alaska | Beyond Your Dreams, Within Your Reach |
| Arizona | The Grand Canyon State (on its license plate) |
| Arkansas |
The Wonder State (1923-1953) |
| California | Find Yourself Here The Golden State Eureka! |
| Colorado | The Centennial State Colorful Colorado Enter a Higher State Where the Columbines Grow Rocky Mountain High Ski Country USA Pike's Peak or Bust (1858-1861) (formerly) Fresh Air and Fond Memories Served Daily |
| Connecticut | Full of Surprises |
| Delaware | It's Good Being First |
| District of Columbia* | (formerly) Celebrate & Discover Taxation without Representation (on its license plate) The American Experience |
| Florida | Discover Your Own Backyard: Florida MyFlorida.com Visit Florida Sunshine State |
| Georgia | Georgia on My Mind; also it's Georgia state song |
| Hawaii | The Islands of Aloha |
| Idaho | Great Potatoes. Tasty Destinations. (formerly Famous Potatoes ) (on its license plate) |
| Illinois | "Land of Lincoln" Adopted 1955 Mile After Magnificent Mile Right Here. Right Now. |
| Iowa | Fields of Opportunity Life Changing |
| Indiana | (formerly) Enjoy Indiana (formerly) Restart Your Engines Honest To Goodness Indiana |
| Kansas | (formerly) Land of Ahhs (formerly) Home of Beautiful Women (formerly) Simply Wonderful Kansas, as big as you think |
| Kentucky | Unbridled Spirit (also on its license
plate) (formerly) It's That Friendly (formerly) Where Education Pays |
| Louisiana | Fall in love with Louisiana all over again Official Louisiana
State slogan Come as You Are. Leave Different. Sportsman's Paradise (on its license plate) |
| Maine | It Must Be Maine The Way Life Should Be (formerly) Vacationland (also on its license plate) |
| Maryland | If you're looking for a merry land, go to
Maryland! (formerly) Seize the Day Off (formerly) America in Miniature (formerly) More Than You Can Imagine |
| Massachusetts | Make It Yours (on its license plate) The Spirit of America You're more likely to live here (billboard on the side of Fenway Park) |
| Michigan | Pure Michigan, (formerly) Great Lakes, Great Times; More To See. (formerly) Water/Winter Wonderland (previously on its license plate) |
| Minnesota | Explore Minnesota Land of 10,000 Lakes (on its license plate) |
| Mississippi | Feels Like Coming Home The South's Warmest Welcome |
| Missouri | Where the Rivers Run |
| Montana | Travel Montana Big Sky Country |
| Nebraska | (formerly) The Good Life Possibilities...Endless |
| Nevada | The Silver State A World Within A State Apart Battle Born (adopted on March 26, 1937) |
| New Hampshire | Live Free or Die You're Going to Love it Here |
| New Jersey | Liberty & Prosperity (formerly) "New Jersey: We'll win you over." (formerly New Jersey & You...Perfect Together) (formerly)The Perfect Getaway (formerly) Come see for yourself |
| New Mexico | Land of Enchantment Everybody is somebody in New Mexico. (Adopted on April 3, 1975) |
| New York |
I Love New York; (Adopted in 1977) also
its
state song The Empire State (on highway welcome signs) |
| North Carolina | A Better Place to Be Raise Up (formerly) First in Flight (on its license plate) |
| North Dakota | Legendary |
| Ohio | Birthplace of Aviation
(on its license plate) Birthplace of Aviation Pioneers (on its 50 state quarter) (formerly)The Heart of It All So Much to Discover |
| Oklahoma | Native America Buckle of the Wheat Belt |
| Oregon | Pacific Wonderland (on its license plate 1959-1964) Things Look Different Here (1987-2003) We Love Dreamers |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania. Pursue Your Happiness;
(formerly) 2004 - On March 16, Governor
Rendell announced Pennsylvania's new tourism slogan: "The
State of Independence." Selected from an initial
field of 21,774 in the "Penn a Phrase for Pennsylvania"
contest, the winning entry earned Philadelphia native Tristan
Mabry a weeklong Pennsylvania getaway. (formerly) Memories Last a Lifetime You've Got a Friend in Pennsylvania America Starts Here |
| Rhode Island | (formerly) Hope (formerly) Unwind Ocean State |
| South Carolina | Smiling Faces. Beautiful Places |
| South Dakota | Great Faces. Great Places. |
| Tennessee | In 1965, the Tennessee General Assembly adopted as
the state's official slogan, "Tennessee- America at Its Best."(Chapter 33, Section 1, Public Acts, 1965). (formerly) Sounds Good to Me (formerly) Follow Me To Tennessee The Stage Is Set For You |
| Texas | It's high noon in the lone star state (formerly) It's Like a Whole Other Country (formerly) Don't Mess With Texas (originally an anti-littering slogan, later widely used on promotional t-shirts)} State of the Arts (on its license plate) |
| Utah | Utah! Where Ideas Connect Greatest Snow on Earth (formerly) Life Elevated (2007) |
| Vermont | Freedom and Unity
(formerly) I LoVermont (formerly) Vermont, naturally |
| Virginia | Virginia is for Lovers (formerly) Virginia is for history lovers |
| Washington | The Evergreen State (on license plates) (formerly) Experience Washington SayWA! |
| West Virginia | (formerly Almost Heaven (formerly Wild and Wonderful Wild Wonderful (on its license plate) (formerly) Open for Business Wild and Wonderful |
| Wisconsin | Stay Just a Little Bit Longer America's Dairyland (on its license plate) |
| Wyoming | Forever West; (formerly) Like No Place on Earth |
