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The flower of the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is the national flower of Italy. The flower of the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is the national flower of Italy. [50] The strawberry tree is also the national tree of Italy because of its green leaves, its white flowers and its red berries, colors that recall the Italian flag. [51]
Share of the American Express Company, 1865. In 1850, American Express was started as a freight forwarding company in Buffalo, New York. [14] It was founded as a joint-stock corporation by the merger of the cash-in-transit companies owned by Henry Wells (Wells & Company), William G. Fargo (Livingston, Fargo & Company), and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield & Company, the successor ...
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Miraflores Charterhouse, a Carthusian monastery in Burgos, Spain; Miraflores (Panama), a lock in the Panama canal; Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, the official workplace of the President of Venezuela; Museo Miraflores, an archeological museum in Guatemala City
The state is named after its capital city, Durango City, which was named after the city of Durango in the Basque Country, northern Spain. During colonial times it was part of the Spanish realm of Nueva Vizcaya, "New Biscay", a province of New Spain. Guanajuato: Purépecha: Quanax Huato [2] [3] "Place of the monstrous frogs". [3] The state is ...
Georgia: The Cherokee rose (R. laevigata) was adopted as the state's official floral emblem in 1916. [30] New York: In 1955, the state adopted the rose as the state flower; the legislation stated: "The rose shall be the official flower of the state in any color or combination of colors common to it." [31]
(state wild flower) Trillium grandiflorum: 1987 [51] Oklahoma: Oklahoma rose (state flower) Rosa: 2004 [52] Indian blanket (state wildflower) Gaillardia pulchella: 1986 [52] Mistletoe (state floral emblem) Phoradendron leucarpum: 1893 [52] Oregon: Oregon grape: Berberis aquifolium: 1899 [53] Pennsylvania: Mountain laurel (state flower) Kalmia ...
First edition of the National Anthem Allegory of the Mexican Homeland. The National Anthem of Mexico (Spanish: Himno Nacional Mexicano) was officially adopted in 1943.The lyrics of the national anthem, which allude to Mexican victories in the heat of battle and cries of defending the homeland, were composed by poet Francisco González Bocanegra in 1853, after his fiancée locked him in a room.