New Jersey - School-Age

New Jersey

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3rd State (December 18, 1787), the northwest U.S.

State Abbreviation: NJ

Capital: Trenton

Origin of name: Named after island of Jersey in the English Channel.

Motto: Liberty and Prosperity

Nickname: Garden State

New Jersey State Symbols

Memorial Tree: Dogwood

Ship: A.J. Meerwald

Shell: Knobbed Whelk (It is found on all beaches and bays of New Jersey)

Song: None

Tree: Red Oak

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Things to Know

Senators from New Jersey.

Agriculture: New Jersey farmers produce more than 100 different kinds of fruits and vegetables.

New Jersey is one of the top 10 producers of apples, bell peppers, blueberries, cranberries, cucumbers, eggplant, peaches, tomatoes, spinach, squash, and asparagus.

Modern paleontology began in earnest in 1858 with the discovery of the first nearly-complete skeleton of a dinosaur in Haddonfield, New Jersey. The Hadrosaurus Web Site

Major Rivers: Delaware River, Hudson River

Famous New Jerseyites

Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th president of the United States, Caldwell

Zebulon Mongomery Pike

Thomas A. Edison (1847- 1931), American inventor
One of the greatest inventors of all time.

H. Norman Schwarzkopf (1934-), US Army General, Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Edwin Aldrin Jr - Buzz Aldrin

Judy Blume (1938 - ) Fiction writer with well-known books such as Superfudge and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.

Bruce Springsteen , musician.

Things to Do

Sites to See

Edison Invents the Phonograph
Meet amazing Americans at the Library of Congress website.

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