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![]() Delaware |
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Admitted to the union: December 7, 1787 Created from: Colony of Delaware Capital: Dover Population: 961,939 (2017 estimate - 45th in U.S.) State bird: In honor of the Delawarians who took these famous fighting fowl into the battlefield during the American Revolution, the state adopted the Delaware Blue Hen as the official state bird on April 14, 1939. Nickname: The First State State flower: Owing to the vast abundance of peach orchards, the state adopted the peach blossom as its state flower on May 9, 1895. Historical notes:
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![]() Pennsylvania |
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Admitted to the union: December 12, 1787 Created from: Proprietary Province of Pennsylvania Capital:Harrisburg Population: 12,807,060 (2018 estimate - 5th in U.S.) State bird: The Ruffled Grouse, also known as the Partidge, was adpoted as the official state game bird on June 22, 1931. Nickname: The Keystone State State flower: Profuse blossoms throughout the Pennsylvania woodlads in mid-June inspired the state to adopt the mountain laurel as its state flower on May 5, 1933. Historical notes:
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![]() New Jersey |
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Admitted to the union: December 18, 1787 Created from: Crown Colony of New Jersey Capital: Trenton Population: 9,032,872 (2018 estimate - 11th in U.S.) State bird: Eastern Goldfinch, January 29, 1935. Nickname: The Garden State - although this nickname almost wasn't adopted as the official state nickname due to strenuous objection by Governor Robert B. Meyner. The good governor objected to the name bein imprinted upon New Jersey's automobile license plates because 1) the plates were official documents and he saw no reason to detract from that puprpose by emblazoning theplates with slogans, and 2) there was no official reference to the state as "the Garden State". The nickname was adopted, over the Governor's objections, in 1954.
Note: The origin of the name is attributed to the Honorable Abraham Browning of Camden during the New Jersey Day - August 24, 1876 -
celebration at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia; the gentleman is purported to have uttered " our Garden State is like an
immense barrel, filled with good things to eat and open at both ends, with Pennsylvanians grabbing from one end and New Yorkers from
the other."
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![]() Georgia |
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Admitted to the union: January 2, 1788 Created from: Crown Colony of Georgia Capital: Atlanta Population: 10,519,475 (2018 estimate - 8th in U.S.) State bird: Brown Thrasher Nickname: The Peach State State flower: Cherokee rose Historical notes:
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![]() Connecticut |
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Admitted to the union: January 9, 1788 Created from: Crown Colony of Connecticut Capital: Hartford Population: 3,588,184 (2017 estimate - 29th in U.S.)
State bird: American Robin - adopted by the general assembly in 1943. Historical notes: 21-year-old Nathan Hale, immortal for his last words - "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" - before being hanged as a spy by the British during the American Revolution, was from Connecticut. Another son of Connecticut, whose words are equally as famous as those of Mr. Hale, is Captain Israel Putnam, who - at the Battle of Bunker Hill - cried "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" |
Updated Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Last updated Saturday, January 19, 2019