Alaska 49/1959

popular name: The Last Frontier or the Great Land

etymology: From the Aleutian word alakshak meaning "great lands" or "land that is not an island."

capital: Juneau

motto: North to the Future

flower: Forget-me-not

tree: Sitka Spruce

bird: Willow Ptarmigan

Hawaii 50/1959

popular name: Aloha State

etymology: An English adaptation of the native word for "homeland," hawaiki or owhyhee.

capital: Honolulu

motto: The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness

flower: Hibiscus

tree: Candlenut

bird: Hawaiian Goose

Puerto Rico ceded to USA in 1898/made a Commonwealth in 1952

popular name: Isla del Encanto or La Perla del Caribe

etymology: Spanish for "rich port."

capital: San Juan

motto: Debajo de Estados Unidos! or I want to live in America! (that's a joke)

flower: Trinitaria

tree: Palm

animal: Coqui