"THE CONSTITUTION/PROVISION/NUTMEG
STATE/LAND OF STEADY HABITS"
'Qui Transtulit Sustinet'
('He Who Transplanted, Still sustains')
'Road Legally Closed, Pass at Your Own Risk'
CAPITAL:
Hartford
ADMITTED TO UNION:
January 9, 1788 -
5th
State
FLOWER:
Mountain Laurel (Calico Bush
Spoonwood) {kalmia Latifolia}
TREE:
White Oak (Quercus
Alba)
BIRD: American Robin (Turdus
Migratorius)
INSECT:
European or
"Praying"
Mantis
(Mantis Religiosa)
STUMP:
Charter Oak
ANIMAL:
Sperm Whale
(Physeter
Macrocephalus)
MINERAL:
Garnet (Almadine
Garnet)
SHELLFISH:
Eastern Oyster
(crassostrea Virginica)
FOSSIL:
Eubrontes
Giganteus
SHIP:
'U.S.S. Nautilus'
HERO:
Nathan Hale
HEROINE:
Prudence crandall
FOLK DANCE:
Square Dance
COMPOSER:
Charles Ives
POET LAUREATE:
Leo Connellan
SONG: "Yankee doodle"
REGION:
New England State
DELAWARE
DE
"BLUE HEN CHICKENS/FIRST/ JEWEL/DIAMOND STATE"
'Liberty and Independence'
CAPITAL:
Dover
ADMITTED TO UNION:
December 7, 1787 -
1st
State
FLOWER:
Peach Blossom
TREE:
American Holly
BIRD:
Blue Hen Chicken
BUG:
Ladybug
FISH:
Weakfish
BEVERAGE:
Milk
MINERAL:
Sillimanite
COLORS:
Blue and Buff
SONG: "Our Delaware"
REGION: Southern State
FLORIDA
FL
"THE
SUNSHINE/EVERGLADE/ALLIGATOR/ORANGE/SOUTHERNMOST/
PENNINSULA STATE"
'In God We Trust'
CAPITAL:
Tallahassee
ADMITTED TO UNION:
March 3, 1845
-
27th State
FLOWER:
Orange Blossom
TREE:
Sabal Palmetto Palm
(Cabbage
Palm)
BIRD:
Mockingbird
ANIMAL:
Florida Panther (Felis
concolor
coryi)
BEVERAGE:
Orange Juice
BUTTERFLY:
Zebra
Longwing
(Heliconius chanitonius)
WILD
FLOWER:
Coreopsis
GEM:
Moonstone
STONE:
Agatized Coral
SOIL:
Myakk Fine Sand
SHELL:
Horse Conch (Giant Band
Shell)
{Pleuroploca gigantea}
REPTILE:
Alligator (Alligato
mississippiensis)
FRESHWATER FISH:
Florida
Largemouth Bass
(Micropterus salmoides floridanus)
SALTWATER
FISH:
Atlantic
Sailfish
Istiophorus playpterus)
MARINE
MAMMAL:
Manatee (Sea Cow,
Big
Beaver, Mermaid or "Furnished with
Hands"){Sirenia
manatus}
SALTWATER
MAMMAL:
Porpoise
(Dolphin)
{Celacea mammalian}
AIR FAIR:
Central Florida Air Fair
FESTIVAL:
Calle Ocho-House 8
PAGEANT:
"Indian River"
PLAY:
"Cross and Sword" by Paul
Green
LITTER
CONTROL SYSTEM:
"Glenn
Glitter"
DAY:
April 2 "Paseua Week" Mar
27 - Apr 2
SONG: "Swanee River"
REGION: Southern State
GEORGIA
GA
"THE PEACH/CRACKER/GOOBER/BUZZARD STATE/EMPIRE
STATE
OF THE SOUTH/YANKEE-LAND OF THE SOUTH"
'Agriculture and Commerce'
'Wisdom, Justice, Moderation'
CAPITAL:
Atlanta
ADMITTED TO UNION:
January 2, 1788 -
4th
State
FLOWER:
Cherokee Rose
TREE:
Live Oak
BIRD:
Brown Thrasher
WILD FLOWER:
Azalea
GAME BIRD:
Bobwhite Quail
BUTTERFLY:
Tiger Swallowtail
FISH:
Largemouth Bass
MINERAL:
Staurolite
MARINE MAMMAL:
The Right
Whale
INSECT:
Honeybee
FOSSIL:
Shark Tooth
GEM: Quartz
REPTILE:
Gopher Tortoise
ATLAS:
The Atlas of Georgia
WALTZ:
'Our Georgia'
VEGETABLE: Vidalia
Sweet Onion
CROP:
Peanut
HISTORIC
DRAMA:
'The Reach of
Song"
FOLK
DANCE:
Square Dance
SEASHELL:
Knobbed Welk
FRUIT:
Peach
ART
MUSEUM:
Georgia
Museum
of Art
FOLK
FESTIVAL:
The Georgia
Folk Festival
FOLK LIFE
PLAY:
'Swamp Gravy'
MUSICAL
THEATRE:
'Jekyll
Island
Musical
Theatre Festival'
'POSSUM:
Pogo 'Possum
POULTRY:
'The Poultry Capitol of
the
World'
RAILROAD
MUSEUM:
Central of
Georgia Railroad
Shops
SCHOOL:
Plains High School
THEATER:
The springer Opera House
CREED:
Georgian's Creed
BEEF COOK
OFF:
"Shoot the
Bull"
PORK COOK
OFF:
"Slosheye
Trail
Big Pig
Jig"
POET
LAUREATE:
Bettie Mixon
Sellers
SONG: "Georgia on My Mind"
REGION: Southern State
