Alabama - Yellowhammer State

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Alabama:
State motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere - We dare defend our rights.
Nickname: Yellowhammer State
State song: "Alabama"
State Flower: Camellia
The capital is Montgomery.
The state name means "tribal town" in the Creek Indian language.
2000 Population: 4,447,100 (ranked 23rd)
The state has an area of 54,423 sq miles with a land area of 50,750 square miles (ranked 28th). It has 53 miles of coastline and 607 miles of shoreline. The highest point is Cheaha Mountain at 2,407 feet.
The 22nd state, it gained admission on December 14, 1819.

Alabama introduced the Mardi Gras to the western world.
Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.
The world's first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery in 1886.
Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel. It is also the largest supplier of cast-iron and steel pipe products.
Montgomery is the capital and the birthplace of the Confederate States of America.
The Confederate flag was designed and first flown in Alabama in 1861.
A skeleton of a pre-historic man was found in Russell Cave.
In 1902 Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill performed the first open heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere by suturing a stab wound in a young boy's heart. The surgery occurred in Montgomery.
Hitler's typewriter survived from his mountain retreat and is exhibited at the Hall of History in Bessemer.
At the Battle of Mobile Bay Admiral David Farragut issued his famous command, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." The event occurred on August 5, 1864.
Referrence Material:
http://www.50states.com/alabama.htm
http://www.50states.com/facts/alabama.htm National Park Brochures
National Park informational posters