Flags of
Our
Nation VI
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Flags of Our Nation
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Capital: Austin
Statehood Date:
December 29, 1845
28th State
State Motto: Friendship
State Flower: Bluebonnet
State Bird: Mockingbird
State Tree: Pecan
Nickname: The Lone Star State
TEXAS
TX
UTAH
UT
Capital: Salt Lake City
Statehood Date: January 4, 1896
45th State
State Motto: Industry
State Flower: Sego lily
State Bird: California gull
State Tree: Blue spruce
Nickname: The Beehive State
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VERMONT
VT
Capital: Montpelier
Statehood Date:
March 4, 1791
14th State
State Motto: Freedom and Unity
State Flower: Red clover
State Bird: hermit thrush
State Tree: Sugar maple
Nickname: The Green Mountain State
VIRGIN ISLANDS
VI
Capital: Charlotte Amalie
Became a U.S. Possession: March 31,
1917
State Motto: United in pride and hope
State Flower: Yellow elder
State Bird: Bananaquit
State Tree: Yellow elder
Nickname: The American Paradise
Flags of Our Nation
Capital: Richmond
Statehood Date: June 25, 1788
10th State
State Motto: Thus always to tyrants
State Floral Emblem: American dogwood
State Bird: Northern cardinal
State Tree: Dogwood
Nickname: Old Dominion
VIRGINIA
VA
WASHINGTON
WA
Capital: Olympia
Statehood Date: November 11, 1889
42nd State
State Motto: Bye and Bye”(“Al-ki” or “Alki”)
State Flower: Coast rhododendron
State Bird: Willow goldfinch
State Tree: Western hemlock
Nickname: The Evergreen State
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Capital: Charleston
Statehood Date: June 20, 1863
35th State
State Motto: Mountaineers are always free
State Flower: Big laurel (rhododendron)
State Bird: Northern cardinal
State Tree: Sugar maple
Nickname:
The Mountain State
WEST VIRGINIA
WV
WISCONSIN
WI
Capital: Madison
Statehood Date:
May 29, 1848
30th State
State Motto: Forward
State Flower: Violet
State Bird: American robin
State Tree: Sugar maple
Nickname: The Badger State
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WYOMING
WY
Capital: Cheyenne
Statehood Date: July 10, 1890
44th State
State Motto: Equal rights
State Flower: Indian paintbrush
State Bird: Western meadowlark
State Tree: Cottonwood
Nickname: The Equality or Cowboy State
Stars and Stripes:
The 13 horizontal stripes represent
the 13 original colonies;
the 50 stars represent the 50 states.
Snapshot art depicts the “fruited plain” inspired
by the opening lines of “America the Beautiful” by
Katharine Lee Bates
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