| Vermont |
| Date
of Statehood: |
March
4, 1791 (14th state) |
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| Motto: |
Freedom and Unity |
| Capital: |
Montepelier |
| Population: |
619,107 |
|
| Nickname: |
Green Mountain
State |
| Song: |
These
Green Mountains |
| Flag: |
The Vermont state
flag was adopted on June 14, 1777. |
|
| Flower: |
Red Clover |
| Tree: |
Sugar Maple |
| Bird: |
Hermit Thrush |
|
| Famous
People: |
Chester
Alan Arthur, Calvin Coolidge |
| Chief Products: |
Milk products |
| Fun Facts: |
Vermont is the
largest maple sugar producer in the U.S.; there are about 56 different ski
resorts; the first state to forbid slavery; state insect is the honeybee;
the state animal is the Morgan horse |
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