Alabama

• Admitted to statehood: December 14, 1819
• Origin of name: Indian for tribal town
• Capital: Mongomery
• Nickname: "Cotton State" and "Heart of Dixie"
• Motto: "Audemus jura nostra defendere" (Translation, "We dare defend our rights")
• Bird: Yellowhammer
• Flower: Camellia
• Song: "Alabama"
• Stone: Marble
• Tree: Southern Pine
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