Vanessa Zimmerman December 7 th, 1787 Date Delaware Became a State

 “The First State”  Delaware was the first of the thirteen original colonies to ratify the US Constitution.  Other Nicknames given…  “The Diamond State”  “Blue Hen State”  “Small Wonder”  “Liberty and Independence”

Peach Blossom  Became Delaware's flower on May 9 th,  Over 800,000 peach trees

Blue Hen Chicken  Adopted as the official state bird on April 14, 1939  Soldiers put their blue hens in cockfights during the revolutionary war & when they fought so valiantly, the soldiers were compared to the blue hen.

 Horseshoe Crab  Adopted on June 25 th, 2002  Delaware Bay is home to the most horseshoe crabs in the world.

 Colonial Blue & Buff  First used in the state flag  The shades of buff and colonial blue represent those of the uniform of General George Washington.

American Holly

 Our Delaware  by George B. Hynson and Will M. S. Brown

 Used the state colors  Adopted July 24 th, 1913  Used the date that Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution and the first state of a new nation.

 Sillimanite  Found in the Hoopes Reservoir & Brandywine Spring Areas  Adopted in 1977

 Temperate & humid  Hot and humid summers  August is the wettest month  Dry, but cold winters receiving snow  Southern Delaware is more mild than the North.

 Valerie Bertinelli  Actress from Wilmington  Sugar Ray Leonard  Olympic boxing champion who won 5 gold medals  From Wilmington

 Northeast United States

Airports  Baltimore airport  Philadelphia airport  New Castle County airport

Sr. US Senator Tom Carper Jr. US Senator Ted Kaufman

 Personal income tax Delaware collects income taxes from its residents at the following rates: -- No tax on the first $2, percent on taxable income between $2,000 and $5, percent on taxable income between $5,001 and $10, percent on taxable income between $10,001 and $20, percent on taxable income between $20,001 and $25, percent on taxable income between $25,001 and $60, percent on taxable income over $60,000

 Dover  Second largest state in Delaware

 Crops produced in Delaware:  Wheat  Barley  Corn  Oats &Grains  Sorghum  Natural Resources  Fertile soil  Mineral deposits

 Jack Markell

 Delaware Blue Hens  Dover Downs

 Highest point- Ebright Road at Delaware- Pennsylvania line  450 feet above sea level  Lowest point- where Delaware’s shore meets the Atlantic Ocean  Sea level

 $32,166 per year  Ranked 13 th in the U.S. Population 843,524 people in 2005

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