[caption id="attachment_1792" align="alignright" width="190" caption="Today's Prize: Original uncirculated state quarters."] [/caption] So far we've visited 20 states in our celebration of the United States being whole. So, you know what that means; time for another...
Nickname: Old Dominion Date Ratified: June 25, 1788 (10th) Capital: Richmond [caption id="attachment_1787" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Virginia"] [/caption] Jamestown, Virginia is home to the first permanent English settlement in the New World...
Nickname: The Grand Canyon State Date Ratified: February 14, 1912 (48th) Capital: Phoenix [caption id="attachment_1782" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Arizona"] [/caption] Arizona was the last of the contiguous states (lower 48) to join the Union...
Nickname: The Aloha State Date Ratified: August 21, 1959 (50th) Capital: Honolulu [caption id="attachment_1777" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Hawaii"] [/caption] Hawaii is the most recent state to have joined the Union. In 1993, then president Bill...
Nickname: The Ocean State Date Ratified: May 29, 1790 (13th) Capital: Providence [caption id="attachment_1769" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Rhode Island"] [/caption] Rhode Island was the last of the original 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution...
Nickname: The Beehive State Date Ratified: January 4, 1896 (45th) Capital: Salt Lake City [caption id="attachment_1764" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Utah"] [/caption] On May 10, 1869, the first Transcontinental Railroad was completed at Promontory...
Nickname: Land of Enchantment Date Ratified: January 6, 1912 (47th) Capital: Santa Fe [caption id="attachment_1759" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of New Mexico"] [/caption] The first atomic bombs were designed and manufactured at Los Alamos. The first...
Nickname: The Palmetto State Date Ratified: May 23, 1788 (8th) Capital: Columbia [caption id="attachment_1754" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of South Carolina"] [/caption] South Carolina was the first state to secede from the United States in 1860...
Nickname: The Magnolia State Date Ratified: December 10, 1817 (20th) Capital: Jackson [caption id="attachment_1749" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Mississippi"] [/caption] Here's a piece of cocktail party trivia for you: did you know that the sale...
