Alabama and Alaska USA

Name three states that starts with A and end with A.
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ALABAMA – AL

Capital: Montgomery

State Tree: Longleaf Pine

State Flower: Camellia

State Bird: Yellow Hammer

Alabama’s motto:  We Dare Defend Our Rights                   

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama has one of the longest navigable inland waterways in the nation.

The idea for Alabama's state motto came from Marie Bankhead Owen of the Alabama Department of Archives and History while searching for a phrase to be put on the state coat of arms (completed in 1923). The motto was inspired by a poem by the 18th-century author Sir William Jones which includes the stanza,

"What constitutes a state? . . .
Men who their duties know,
but know their rights,
and knowing, dare maintain."

                       

 

Something interesting to know about Alabama:

 

·         Julia Tutwiler wrote Alabama's State song

·         The Wright brothers made the first night flight in Alabama

·         Rosa Parks started the Montgomery Bus Boycott

·         Sequoyah is a Cherokee Indian who invented the Cherokee Alphabet

·         Burnt Corn Creek was the First battle of Creek Indian War 1813-1814

·         Author Fannie Flag wrote Fried Green tomatoes

·         NBA star Charles Barkley was from Leeds, an Alabama town

·         Martin Luther King Jr. Preached at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church

·         Cradle of Confederacy city is referred as Montgomery

·         Indian word for Alabama which mean “Thicket Clearers” is Alibamu.

·         An Alabamian vice president is William Rufus king 

·         Olympic track star from Oakville is Jesse Owens

·         Helen Keller's first word was water

·         Alabama's largest mining industry is coal

·         Alabama's official state rock is marble

 

 

 

 

ALASKA – AK

Capital: Juneau

State Tree: Sitka Spruce

State Bird: Willow Ptarmigan

Alaska’s motto: North to the Future

Alaska is a state in the United States, situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with the international boundary with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. Alaska's economy is dominated by the oil, natural gas, and fishing industries; it has these resources in abundance.

Alaska's state motto (North to the Future) was adopted in 1967 during the Alaska Purchase Centennial. The motto is meant to represent Alaska as a land of promise. Suggested by journalist Richard Peter, who stated the motto "...is a reminder that beyond the horizon of urban clutter there is a Great Land beneath our flag that can provide a new tomorrow for this century's 'huddled masses yearning to be free'.

Something interesting to know about Alaska

·         Skagway is a southwest town in Alaska, named from the native word meaning ‘home of the north wind’.

·         The fastest fish is the rainbow Trout, which is a type of Salmon.  

·         Visit a web site about Alaska Trivia and Facts. You will be glad to get to know a little more about this beautiful state.

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