MARYLAND
MD
"COCKADE/OLD LINE/OYSTER/FREE STATE"
'Fatti Maschii Parole Fenine' (Calvert Family Motto)
('Manly Deeds, Womanly Words')
'Scuto Bonae Voluntatis Tuae Coronasti Nos'
('With the Shield of Thy Good-will, Thou Hast Covered Us')
CAPITAL: Annapolis
ADMITTED TO UNION: April 28, 1788 - 7th State
FLOWER Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
TREE: White Oak (Oldest Oak tree is the Wye Oak or Wye Mills Oak) (Quercus alba)
BIRD: Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
FOSSIL SHELL: Ecphora gardenrae gardnerae Wilson
BOAT: Skipjack
FISH: Striped Bass (Rockfish) (Roccus saxatilis 2)
INSECT: Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly Euphydras phaeton)
SPORT: Jousting
DOG: Chesapeake Bay Retreiver
CRUSTACEAN: Maryland Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)
FOLK DANCE: Square Dance
REPTILE: Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
THEATER: Center Stage
SUMMER THEATER: Olney Theatre
SONG: "Maryland, My Maryland"
REGION: Southern State
External Resources
1. Wikipedia on Maryland <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland>
2. Official State Portal <http://www.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx>
3. U.S. Census on Maryland <http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/24000.html>
4. Weather Underground for Maryland <http://www.wunderground.com/US/MD/>
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