Alabama the Beautiful

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Slide 1: By: Meridith Allison Slide 2: State Symbols Yellow Hammer Flag Camellia Southern Longleaf Pine Slide 3: State Facts Capital: Montgomery Tennessee Statehood: December 14, 1819 22nd state Highest Point: Mount Cheaha 2407 feet Mississippi Georgia Florida Governor:Bob Riley State Song: Alabama by Julia Tutwiler Slide 4: Products Cotton Soy beans Peanuts http://www.50states.com/alabama.htm Slide 5: Interesting Facts about Alabama • Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon. Huntsville is known as the rocket capital of the World. • In 1995 Heather Whitestone served as the first Miss America chosen with a disability. Issued in 2002 the Alabama state quarter is the first Us coin to ever contain Braille. The coin pictures Helen Keller. Slide 6: Insert photo of Hank Aaron Famous Alabamians Helen Keller-educator,author Zelda Fitzgerald- artist / author Nat King Cole-singer Harper Lee-author Insert book jacket from To Kill a Mockingbird Hank Aaron- baseball player Hank Williams -singer Willie Mays- baseball Heather Whitestone -1995 Miss America Coretta Scott King- civil rights leader Jim Nabors -Actor Slide 7: Sources www.50states.com www.touralabama.org