Official Seattle Symbols
Official Bird of Seattle
On March 17,2003, the City Council designated the Great Blue Heron as the official City Bird.
Official Flower of Seattle
On November 19, 1913 the city established the dahlia as Seattles official flower.
Official Flag of Seattle
on July 16, 1990 the Seattle city council adoptied an official City Flag. The Flag was designed by Councilmember Paul Kraabel.
Official City Of Seattle Corporate Seal
The official corporate Seal was adopted in 1937. The Seal includes an imprint of the profile of Chief Sealth in the center of a circle.
Official Seattle Motto
In 1990 the Seattle City Council designated Seattle "The City of Goodwill" prior to the opening of the Goodwill Games, an international sporting competition held in Seattle during the summer of 1990.
Official Seattle Song
In 1909 Arthur O. Dillon petitioned the City Council to adopt "Seattle the Peerless City" as the City Song. The lyrics are below:
Seattle sits on seven hills, Her glory is unfurled, At her feet is Puget Sound, Where moves The Commerce of the world.
Chorus: Hail to the Peerless City, Metropolis of the west, The gateway to the Orient, Whom grandeur hath caressed!
Her bosom's gemm'd with pearly lakes, The mountains tower near; The fir tree forest skirts her bound; The beauty of earth is here.
(Chorus)
Her men and women active, proud, Seattle build sublime, And greater far than ancient Rome, The matchless for all time.
(Chorus)
True love and art shall flourish here, The heart's sweet, tender theme, Upholders of the truth here dwell, The dreamers of the Dream.
(Chorus)