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Some states have officially designated a state motto by an act of the state legislature, whereas other states have the motto only as an element of their seals. The motto of the United States itself is In God We Trust, proclaimed by Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 30, 1956. [1]
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Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Borno State: Home of Peace Cross River State: The People's Paradise Delta State: The Big Heart Ebonyi State: Salt of the Nation Edo State: Heartbeat of The Nation Ekiti State: Land of Honour and Integrity Enugu State: Coal City State Gombe State: Jewel of the Savannah Imo State: Eastern Heartland (formerly Land of Hope) Jigawa State: The New ...
50. Wyoming. Riverton’s slogan, “The Rendezvous City,” may need a bit of clarification.The city was originally used as a meeting point, or rendezvous site, for Native Americans. As white men ...
During this period, there were 30 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The Federal Capital Territory was established in 1991. In 1987 two new states were established, followed by another nine in 1991, bringing the total to 30. The latest change, in 1996, resulted in the present number of 36 states.
[36] Twenty-two state capitals have been a capital longer than their state has been a state, since they served as the capital of a predecessor territory, colony, or republic. Boston, Massachusetts, has been a capital city since 1630; it is the oldest continuously running capital in the United States.
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