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

2.  “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”

3. Peach Blossom  Became Delaware's flower on May 9 th, 1895.  Over 800,000 peach trees

4. 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.

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

6.  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.

8. American Holly

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

10.  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.

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

13.  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.

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

15.  Northeast United States

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

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

19.  Personal income tax Delaware collects income taxes from its residents at the following rates: -- No tax on the first $2,000 -- 2.2 percent on taxable income between $2,000 and $5,000 -- 3.9 percent on taxable income between $5,001 and $10,000 -- 4.8 percent on taxable income between $10,001 and $20,000 -- 5.2 percent on taxable income between $20,001 and $25,000 -- 5.55 percent on taxable income between $25,001 and $60,000 -- 5.95 percent on taxable income over $60,000

21.  Dover  Second largest state in Delaware

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

23.  Jack Markell

24.  Delaware Blue Hens  Dover Downs

25.  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

26.  $32,166 per year  Ranked 13 th in the U.S. Population 843,524 people in 2005

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