Appendix
American states New England
State |
Nickname |
Capital |
Motto |
Flower |
Tree |
Bird & Fish |
Connecticut |
Constitution state |
Hartford |
He who transplanted sustains |
Mountain Laurel |
White oak |
American Robin; --- |
Main |
Pine tree state |
Augusta |
I direct |
White pinecone and tassel |
White pine |
Chickadee; Landlocked salmon |
Massa-chusetts |
Bay state |
Boston |
By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty |
May-flower |
American elm |
Chickadee; cod |
New Hampshire |
Granite state |
Concord |
Live free or die |
Purple Lilac |
White birth |
Purple Finch; Brook trout, stripped bass |
Rhode Island |
Ocean state |
Providence |
Hope |
Violet |
Red maple |
Rhode Island Red; --- |
Vermont |
Green Mountain state |
Montpelier |
Freedom and unity |
Red clover |
Sugar maple |
Hermit Thrush; Brook trout, walleye pike |
Mid-Atlantic
Delaware |
First state |
Dover |
Liberty and indepen-dence |
Peach blossom |
American holly |
Blue hen Chicken; Weakfish |
Maryland |
Old Line state |
Annapolis |
Manly deeds, womanly words |
Black-eyed Susan |
White oak |
Balti-more oriole; Rockfish |
New Jersey |
Garden state |
Trenton |
Liberty and prosperity |
Purple violet |
Red oak |
Eastern gold- Finch; --- |
New York |
Empire state |
Albany |
Ever upward |
Rose |
Sugar maple |
Bluebird; Brook trout |
Pennsyl-vania |
Keystone state |
Harrisburg |
Virtue, liberty, and indepen-dence |
Mountain laurel |
Hemlock |
Ruffed grouse; Brook trout |
Washing-ton, D.C. |
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Justice for all |
American beauty rose |
Scarlet oak |
Wood thrush; --- |
South
Alabama |
Heart of Dixie |
Montgo-mery |
We dare defend our rights |
Camellia |
Southern pine |
Yellow-hammer; Large-mouth bass, tarpan |
Arkansas |
Land of opportunity |
Little Rock |
The people rule |
Apple blossom |
Pine |
Mocking-bird; --- |
Florida |
Sunshine state |
Tallahassee |
In God we trust |
Orange blossom |
Sabal palm |
Mocking-bird; --- |
Georgia |
Empire state of the South |
Atlanta |
Wisdom, justice, moderation |
Cherokee rose |
Live oak |
Large-mouth bass |
Kentucky |
Bluegrass state |
Frankfort |
United we stand, divided we fall |
Goldenrod |
Tulip tree |
Kentucky Cardinal; Bass |
Louisiana |
Pelican state |
Baton Rouge |
Union, justice, confidence |
Magnolia |
Bald cypress |
Brown Pelican; --- |
Mississippi |
Magnolia state |
Jackson |
By valor and arms |
Magnolia |
Magnolia |
Mocking-bird; Large-mouth bass
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North Carolina |
Tar Heel state |
Raleigh |
To be rather than to seem |
Flowering dogwood |
Longleaf pine |
Cardinal; Channel bass |
South Carolina |
Palmetto state |
Columbia |
While I breathe, I hope |
Yellow jessamine |
Palmetto |
Carolina Wren; Stripped bass |
Tennessee |
Volunteer state |
Nashville |
Agriculture and commerce |
Iris |
Tulip tree |
Mocking-bird; --- |
Virginia |
Old Dominion |
Richmond |
Thus always to tyrants |
Flowering dogwood |
Flowering dogwood |
Cardinal; --- |
West Virginia |
Mountain state |
Charles-town |
Mountaineers are always free |
Rhodo-dendron |
Sugar maple |
Cardinal; Brook trout
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