New Hampshire

• Admitted to statehood: June 21, 1788
• Origin of name: Captian John Mason named it for his home city in England in 1621
• Capital: Concord
• Nickname: "The Granite State"
• Motto: "Live Free, or Die"
• Bird: Purple Finch
• Flower: Purple Lilac
• Song: "Old New Hampshire"
• Stone: None *
• Tree: White Birch
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