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Pennsylvania
State Nickname: The Keystone State
State Motto: Virtue, liberty, and independence
State Bird: Ruffed Grouse
This bird is called the Ruffed Grouse. This bird is not the state bird but, is the game bird by an act of the Pennsylvania Legislature on June 22, 1981
State Flower: Mountain laurel
State tree: Eastern Hemlock
The Mountain Laurel is the state flower of Pennsylvania because, the governor of Pennsylvania in the 1930s that the Mountain Laurel will be the
The Easter Hemlock became the state tree in 1931. This tree grows white pines which really contributes to Pennsylvania's economy.
State Animal: White-Tailed Deer
The White-Tailed Deer is the state animal of Pennsylvania and was designated as the official state animal in 1959.
How Pennsylvania got it's name.
William Penn is the founder of Pennsylvania and is an early quaker. On March 4, 1681 King Charles II gave William Penn land because, King Charles II owed William's dad. Now the land is now known as Pennsylvania.
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