Nicknames and mottos - continued

Nickname                                                Motto

OREGON

Beaver State

Alis volat Propriis (She flies with her own wings) (1987)

PENNSYLVANIA

Keystone State

Virtue, liberty, and independence

RHODE ISLAND

Ocean State/Plantation State

Hope

SOUTH CAROLINA

Palmetto State

Animis opibusque parati (Prepared in mind and resources) and Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope)

SOUTH DAKOTA

Mount Rushmore State

Under God the people rule

Fontes;

http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname5.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0801718.html

http://en.wikipedia.org