Summer States No. 20 - Mississippi

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another installment of Nations Made Fun! I'll be your host and tour guide, Mr. Nations, your guide to the world of history, both national and international! Today we're going to be discussing our twentieth state for Summer States, Mississippi. Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get straight into it!

     Mississippi Facts:

• Date of Statehood: December 10, 1817
• Capital: Jackson
• Population: 2,967,297 (2010)
• Size: 48,432 square miles
• Motto: Virtute et armis (“By valor and arms”)
• Tree: Magnolia
• Flower: Magnolia
• Bird: Mockingbird

     Fun Facts:

• The world's largest cactus plantation is located in Mississipi.
• The world's first successful lung and heart transplant took place in Mississippi.
• Pine-Sol was invented in 1929 in Mississippi.  

     Mississippi on a map:

         

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

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