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• By Mariah Jones

West Virginia

State Capital: Charleston State Motto:

“Mountaineers are Always Free”

State Nickname: Mountain StateState Flower:

Rhododendron maximum

State Tree: Sugar Maple

Virginia

State capital: Richmond State Motto: Sic

semper tyrannies (Thus always to tyrants)

State Nickname: The Old Dominion; Mother

of Presidents State Flower: American

dogwood ( State bird: cardinal

State tree:

Tennessee

State Capital: Nashville

State Motto: Agriculture and

Commerce State nickname:

Volunteer State State Flower: Iris

State Bird: mockingbird

State Tree: tulip poplar

South Carolina

State Capital :Columbia

State Motto: While I breathe, I hope

State Nickname: Palmetto State

State Flower: Carolina yellow jess

amine State bird: Carolina

wren State Tree: palmetto tree

North Carolina

State Capital: Raleigh State Motto: To be

rather than to seem State Nickname: Tar

Heel State State Flower:

dogwood State Bird: cardinal

State Tree: pine

Mississippi

State Capital: Jackson State Motto: By valor

and arms State Nickname:

Magnolia State State Flower: flower or

bloom of the magnolia or evergreen magnolia

State Bird: mockingbird State Tree: magnolia

Louisiana

State Capital: Baton rouge

State Motto: Union, justice, and confidence

State Nickname: Pelican State

State Flower: magnolia State Bird: eastern

brown pelican Stat Tree: bald cypress

Kentucky

State Capital: Frankfort

State Motto: United we stand, divided we

fall State Nickname:

Bluegrass State State Flower:

goldenrod State Bird: Kentucky

cardinal State Tree: tulip

poplar

Georgia

State Capital :Atlanta State Motto: Wisdom,

justice, and moderation

State Nickname: Peach State, Empire State of the South State Flower:

Cherokee rose State Bird: brown

thrasher State Tree: live oak

Florida State Capital:

Tallahassee State Motto: In

God we trust State Nickname:

Sunshine State State Flower:

orange blossom State Bird:

mockingbird

Arkansas

State Capital: Little rock

State Nickname: The Natural State

State Motto: The people rule

State bird: mockingbird

State Flower: apple blossom

State Tree: pine

Alabama

State Capital: Montgomery

State Motto: We dare defend our rights)

State Nickname: Yellowhammer State

State Flower: camellia

State Bird: yellowhammer

State Tree: Southern longleaf pine