Happy 25th birthday to our state ship!
First Lady Jean Gardner and Secretary of State Ralph Munro help launch Lady Washington in 1989. (Photos courtesy of Washington State Archives) As any fifth-grader knows (and the rest of us should know), Washington has plenty of state symbols, ranging from a tree (Western Hemlock) and flower (Coast Rhododendron) to even a state vegetable (Walla Walla sweet onion). But do you know Washington has a state ship? The Legislature designated the Lady Washington as the official ship of our state…