1. By Alyssa Anderson
THE TOP 10 STATES

2. Pennsylvania
Keystone state Capital City: Harrisburg
City Guides: Pennsylvania City Guides
Location: 40.276N, 76.884W
Pennsylvania State Flag Capital Tour: Capitol Tour
•Admission to Statehood: December 12, 1787
•Ancestry and Genealogy: Pennsylvania Database

3. Te n n e
Volunteer states
s s e e
Admission to Statehood: June 1, 1796 Location: 36.171n, 86.784w
Capital City: Nashville City Guides: Tennessee city guides
Bird: Mockingbird

4. Nickname: Aloha State
Nursing Schools: Hawaii
Aloha state
Tree: Kukui - Candlenut Aleurites
moluccana
Capital City: Honolulu
City Guides: Hawaii City Guides

5. New York city
Empire State

6. Origin of state's name: Named on Easter
Flori
1513 by Ponce de Leonfor Pascua
Florida, meaning "Flowery Easter"
Sunshine state
da
Tree: Cabbage Palmetto Sabal palmetto

7. Museums: The Virtual
Rhode island Library
Music
Song: Rhode Island's It for Me 50states List Sheet
The ocean
state
Admission to Statehood: May 29, 1790
Capital City: Providence Motto: Hope

8. Virginia Old Dominion state
Capital City: Richmond Flower: Dogwood
Tree: Flowering Dogwood
Admission to Statehood: June 25, 1788 Bird: Cardinal

9. Capital City: Augusta Soil: Maine - Chesuncook
Pine tree
state
Constitution: 23rd State
Flower: White pine cone and tassel Bird: Chickadee

10. Granite State
New Hampshire Capital City: Concord
Flower: Purple lilac
Highway Markers: New
Hampshire Resource Manual
Tree: Paper birch Admission to Statehood: June 21, 1788

11. The evergreen
Washington state
Motto: Alki
Flower: PinkRhododendron
Tree: Western Hemlock
Capital City: Olympia Bird: Willow Goldfinch