Summer States No. 16 - Tennessee

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another installment of Nations Made Fun! I'll be your host, Mr. Nations, your tour guide to the wacky world of international history! Today we'll be taking a look at the sixteenth state to be admitted to the United States, Tennessee. Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get straight into it!

     Tennessee Facts:

• Date of Statehood: June 1, 1796
• Capital: Nashville
• Population: 6,346,105 (2010)
• Size: 42,144 square miles
• Motto: Agriculture and Commerce
• Tree: Tulip Poplar
• Flower: Iris
• Bird: Mockingbird

     Fun Facts:

• The Great Smoky Mountains National Park located in Tennessee is the most visited national park in the United States, garnering over 11,000,000 visitors last year.
• The largest earthquake in U.S. history, the New Madrid Earthquake, happened in Tennessee.
• Tennessee has more than 3,800 documented caves.

     Tennessee on a map:

     

     Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/tennessee

     https://www.50states.com/facts/tennessee.htm