DelawareDelaware

The Diamond StateThe Diamond StateAndy Shu

Teacher: Mrs. Walther

NameName Delaware is named after a famous personDelaware is named after a famous person Named after first governor of VirginiaNamed after first governor of Virginia Nicknames are diamond state, first state, Nicknames are diamond state, first state,

and blue hen stateand blue hen state

BirdBird

Blue Hen ChickenBlue Hen Chicken Not really a type of Not really a type of

chickenchicken fought and received fought and received

fame during fame during revolutionary warrevolutionary war

FlowerFlower

Peach BlossomPeach Blossom Native from ChinaNative from China petals are light pink to petals are light pink to

whitewhite

Famous PeopleFamous People

Eleuthere du Pont Owns gunpowder mill Got famous by being

particularly wealthy

Caesar Rodney

Rode to vote

vote decided whether Delaware

went for independence

Henry Jay HeimlichInvented Heimlich Maneuver

Places of InterestPlaces of Interest

Lums Pond State Park

allows fishing, camping, and boat rentals.

has “sensory trail” encouraging tourists to use all senses

New Castle Courthouse Museum

built in location of Delaware’s first courthouse

tourists can learn all about Delaware’s history

Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village

has Lookerman Landing Village

shows what it was like in rural 1890’s

Historic LandmarksHistoric Landmarks

Eleutherian Mills makes gunpowder along the

Brandywine CreekHoly Trinity Old Swedes Church

oldest still-standing church from New Sweden

hosted services from 1698 to 1900’s

Lightship lv-118

served in World War 2

few lightsips served in World War 2

ReferencesReferences statesymbolssua.com sodahead.com ushistory.com edigarnet.com deaconess-healthcare.com/Heimlich_Institute/About_Dr._Heimlich State report rvparking.com tripadvisor.com bestoftheroad.com flickr.com homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com