by Carol Patton | Dec 23, 2022 | All About States
Like maple syrup, especially when it’s warm and poured over a stack of pancakes? Vermont is famous for its maple syrup, which is made from sap from the sugar maple, the state tree. You can also try maple sugar candy, maple lollipops, and even maple ice cream. Yum!...
by Carol Patton | Dec 19, 2022 | All About States
Love pizza? (Mo likes it topped with hamburger, but please – no onions!) The first pizzeria in this country, called Lombardi’s Pizza, opened in New York City back in 1905 by a man named Genaro Lombardo who was from Naples, Italy. New York is famous for so many...
by Carol Patton | Dec 16, 2022 | All About States
All About Massachusetts: Our Country’s Early Roots Massachusetts is known for a lot of early American history, but also a lot of delicious foods! Like chocolate chip cookies? They were invented in Massachusetts. So was Boston cream pie. In case you have never tried...
by Carol Patton | Dec 12, 2022 | All About States
What’s very cool about Maine (other than the weather) involves one of its cities called Eastport, which is the most eastern city in the US. Since the Earth rotates or spins toward the east, the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars all rise in the east and travel west across...
by Carol Patton | Dec 9, 2022 | All About States
The earliest settlers in the Kentucky area, Native American tribes that included the: Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Shawnee Indians, must have adored their pet dogs. They were often buried with them as was discovered at the Indian Knoll site in western Kentucky. Do you...