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Awards and decorations of the National Guard

The order of precedence is typically the presently assigned state, followed by awards from the District of Columbia, then other states by their order of admission.

Callophrys sheridanii

In 2009, this species was adopted as the U.S. state butterfly for Wyoming.

Cave Canem Foundation

Instructors have included former Poet Laureate of Connecticut, Marilyn Nelson, Whiting Writers' Award winner Tyehimba Jess, and American Book Award winner, Kimiko Hahn.

Delaware General Assembly

Significant actions of the General Assembly include the calling of the constitutional convention which became the first to ratify the United States Constitution in 1787 (which led to Delaware's state nickname, "the First State"), and its rejection of secession from the Union on January 3, 1861, even though Delaware was a slave state.

Fred Andrew Seaton

During his tenure, Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states admitted to the Union.

James B. A. Robertson

Oklahoma was admitted to the Union as a state in 1907.

John Andrew Buchanan

John Andrew Buchanan (1863 — 1935) was a judge and politician in Astoria in the U.S. state of Oregon, and an amateur poet who wrote the lyrics to the Oregon state song.

Kope Formation

The trilobites such as Triarthrus eatoni, Cryptolithus tessellatus, and Proetidella parviusculus have been identified in the Kope, and the Ohio State Fossil, Isotelus maximus, can most likely be found in it.

Loudoun Hounds

It is a fusion of many hound-related names submitted by fans, including "foxhounds" after the Virginia state dog.

Mona Islands

Kriegsmarine heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer, under Commander Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken, destroyers Friedrich Eckoldt, Erich Steinbrinck and Richard Beitzen, entered the Kara Sea along with submarines U 601 (Captain Grau) and U 251 (Lt. Captain Timm) in August 1942, in order to destroy Soviet warships.

Posen, Michigan

Posen has a strong Polish background as 61.3% of its inhabitants are reported to have Polish ancestry (the highest number in the U.S.).

The Chase of the Golden Meteor

The future world depicted in the book includes two political predictions which failed to materialise in the century since its publication: firstly, the United States comes to be composed of 51 states and accordingly, its flag has 51 stars, as opposed to the 45 states that existed in 1905 when Verne died; secondly, Greenland becomes an independent, fully sovereign nation state.

United States presidential primary

Conversely, states that traditionally hold their primaries in June, like California (the most populous state overall) and New Jersey (the most densely populated state), usually end up having no say in who the presidential candidate will be.

Vaccinium membranaceum

The huckleberry is the official state fruit of Idaho, with this particular species assumed to be the huckleberry in question.

William Cammisano

Cammisano once served a felony sentence at a federal prison in El Reno, Oklahoma.


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