Summer States No. 26 - Michigan

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another installment of Nations Made Fun! I'll be your host, Mr. Nations, your tour guide to this wacky world! Today we'll be taking a look at Michigan, the twenty-sixth state of the United States. Well, what are we waiting for? Let's dive straight into it!

     Michigan Facts:

• Date of Statehood: January 26, 1837
• Capital: Lansing
• Population: 9,883,640 (2010)
• Size: 96,713 square miles
• Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (“If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you”)
• Tree: White Pine
• Flower: Apple Blossom
• Bird: Robin

     Fun Facts:

• Henry Ford began his automobile production line in Michigan.
• The Great Lakes supply 80% of North America's freshwater and 20% of the world's freshwater.
• No matter where you stand in Michigan, you are within eighty-five miles of one of the Great Lakes.

     Michigan on a map:

     

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

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