FLORIDATHE SUNSHINE

STATE

FACTS AND FIGURES!!!

FLORIDAS’S STATE BEVERAGE IS ORANGE JUICE! YUMMY!!!!!

FLORIDA’S FLAG WAS ADOPTED IN 1990. IT HAS THE ST.ANDREW’S

CROSS ON IT AND THE STATE SEAL IN THE MIDDLE SO IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A SURRENDER FLAG.

GOVERNMENT!!!

THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF FLORIDA IS ALEX SINK. ALEX SINK WAS A TEACHER IN WEST AFRICA

FOR THREE YEARS!

THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA IS CHARLIE CHRIST! HE CAN SERVE UP TO TWO

TERMS IN THE OFFICE.

HISTORY BEFORE STATEHOOD!!!

IN MAY 1539, HERNANDO DE SOTO LANDED NINE SHIPS IN FLORIDA WITH OVER 620 MEN. HERNANDO

DE SOTO LATER FOUND ST.AUGUSTINE FLORIDA.

IN SEPTEMBER 1493, 1200 SAILORS, COLONISTS, AND SOLDIERS JOINED CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FOR HIS SECOND VOYAGE TO THE NEW WORLD. JUAN PONCE DE LEON WAS A MEMBER OF THIS EXPEDITION, HE WAS ONE OF 200 GENTLEMAN VOLUNTEERS. HE LATER FOUNDED THE REST OF

FLORIDA.

HISTORY AFTER STATEHOOD!!!

IN 1879 FLORIDA GOT THEIR FIRST TELEPHONES! THE FIRST

LOCATION WAS IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA!

ALLIGATORS AND CROCADILES ARE VERY COMMON IN FLORIDA! THERE IS EVEN A TOURIST ATTRACTION WHERE

YOU CAN WRESTLE REAL, LIVE ALLIGATORS!!

IN 1922 FLORIDA MADE HISTORY!! THEY HAD THE MOST ORANGE CROPS AND ORANGES IN THE

WORLD!! THE NUMBER OF ORANGES FILLED OVER 16,000,000 CRATES!!!

ECONOMY!!!!!

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (K.S.C) IS ALSO LOCATED IN FLORIDA. NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON! HIS ROCKET WAS NAMED APOLLO 11. IT WAS

LAUNCHED FROM K.S.C. ON JULY 16, 1969!

GEOGRAPHY!!!

FLORIDA IS 58,560 SQUARE MILES! 4,308 SQUARE MILES OF THAT IS WATER! AND THE

OTHER 54,252 SQUARE MILES IS LAND FLORIDA IS THE 22ndLARGEST STATE!

FLORIDA IS THE 3rd WETTEST STATE. LAKE OKEECHOBE IS THE 2nd LARGEST

FRESHWATER LAKE IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS 700 SQUARE MILES.

THANK YOU SOOOOOOO!!!!

MUCH!!-BRIDGER!!!