Lets Learn About New Jersey

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Lets Learn About New Jersey

• By 4B

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Interesting Bits of Information

• Admitted to statehood Dec 18,1787
• Some of the street names in Monopoly come from
  Atlantic City.
• The first drive-in movie theatre was in Camden.
• New Jersey has the most dense of highways and
  railroads.
• New Jersey has the most diners in the world.
• New Jersey has 50 resort cities and towns,some of
  them are most famous.

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State Map

• Trenton is the state capital. Newark is also a
  large city.
• Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and the Atlantic
  Ocean border NJ.
• The Delaware River is an important river.

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State Flag

• The two women are the goddesses of Liberty and
  Prosperity.
• The plows stand for the states agriculture.
• The horses head symbolizes strength.
• The knights helmet symbolizes courage.
• The state flag was adopted in 1896.

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Famous People from NJ

• Stephen Crane writer, Newark
• Judy Blume author, Elizabeth
• Ruth St. Denis dancer, choreographer, Newark
• Patricia McBride ballerina, Teanick
• Dorothy Parker author, West Bend
• James W. Marshall discovered gold in California,
  Hunterdon
• Ice-T rapper, Newark
• David Copperfield magician, Metuchen
• Anne Morrow Lindbergh author, Englewood
• Norman Schwarzkopf army general, Trenton
• Ernie Kovacs comedian, Trenton