Alaska (AK) Nickname: The Evergreen State Capital: Juneau Motto: North to the Future Flower: Forget-Me-Not Bird: Willow Ptarmigan Tree: Sitka spruce Song: Alaska's Flag Entered Union: January 3, 1959 Rank: 49 The 50 State Quarters Program Release Date: August 15, 2008 Official Website of Alaska Famous people from Alaska Tom Bodett Susan Butcher Ernest Gruening Sydney Laurence Libby Riddles Jefferson "Soapy" Smith