Facts about the state of Florida

State flower :

Orange Blossom

State Bird :

Mocking Bird

State Tree :

Sabel Palmetto Palm

State Motto :

In God We Trust

• Florida entered the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
• Tallahassee, in the panhandle, is Florida's capital.
• The Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Le called the region La Florida, roughly translated as Land of the Flowers.
• Floridas official nickname is "the sunshine state.
• Florida was separated into two sections at one time , East Florida and West Florida, and Pensacola was the capital of West Florida and St. Augustine was the capital of East Florida