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Admission to Statehood:
June 21 1788
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Economy-
- Agriculture: Dairy products, nursery stock, cattle, apples, eggs.
- Industry: Machinery, electric equipment, rubber and plastic products, tourism.
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State Flag: The state flag shall be of the following color and design: The body or field shall be blue and shall bear upon its center in suitable proportion and colors a representation of the state seal. The seal shall be surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves with nine stars interspersed.
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State Flower: Purple Lilac - The purple lilac, Syringa vulgaris, is the state flower of New Hampshire. New
Hampshire historian Leon Anderson writes in To This Day that the purple lilac
was first imported from England and planted at the Portsmouth home of Governor
Benning Wentworth in 1750. It was adopted as the state's flower in 1919. That
year bills and amendments were introduced promoting the apple blossom, purple
aster, wood lily, Mayflower, goldenrod, wild pasture rose, evening primrose and
buttercup as the state flower. A long and lively debate followed regarding the
relative merits of each flower. The purple lilac was ultimately chosen,
according to Anderson in New Hampshire's Flower -- Tree -- Bird because it "is symbolic of that hardy character of the men and women of the Granite State."
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Highest Point: Mt. Washington; 6288 feet, 18th
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Lowest Point: Atlantic coast; sea level, 3rd
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State Nickname: The Granite State
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