Cultural
| Type | Symbol | Description | Year | Image | Source |
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| Beverage | Milk | 2005 | |||
| Bluegrass song | Blue Moon of Kentucky by Bill Monroe |
Kentucky native Bill Monroe wrote this song in 1947 and performed it soon thereafter. Elvis Presley sung the song when he auditioned for the Grand Ole Opry and later recorded it for his first single for Sun Records. | 1988 |
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| Dance | Clogging | Clogging in the southern U.S. has its roots from early settlers. English clogging, Irish Jigs, African-American buck dance and Cherokee dance. | 2006 | ||
| Language | English | Over 95% of the state's residents are able to speak English. | 1984 | — | |
| Music | Bluegrass music | But it wasn't called bluegrass back then. It was just called old time mountain hillbilly music. When they started doing the bluegrass festivals in 1965, everybody got together and wanted to know what to call the show, y'know. It was decided that since Bill was the oldest man, and was from the Bluegrass state of Kentucky and he had the Blue Grass Boys, it would be called 'bluegrass.' —Don Harrison, | 2007 | ||
| Musical instrument | Appalachian Dulcimer | A stringed instrument that appeared in the south in the early 19th century | 2001 | ||
| Silverware pattern | Old Kentucky blue grass, the Georgetown pattern | 1996 | — | ||
| Song | "My Old Kentucky Home" | The song describes life on a Kentucky plantation. | 1928 | ||
| Sports car | Chevrolet Corvette | Since 1981, the Chevrolet Corvette has been manufactured in Bowling Green. | 2010 |
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