Nicknames and mottos - continued

Nickname                                           Motto

TENNESSEE

The Volunteer State/Big Bend State/Hog and Hominy State/ The Mother of Southwestern Statesmen

Agriculture and Commerce (1987)

TEXAS

Lone Star State

Friendship

UTAH

Beehive State

Industry

VERMONT

Green Mountain State

Vermont, Freedom and Unity

VIRGINIA

Old Dominion State/Mother State

Sic semper tyrannis (Thus always to tyrants)

Fontes:

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

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

http://en.wikipedia.org