DELAWARE (Trackable green Geocaching Logo Travel Tag)

My mission is to travel along from geocache-to-geocache and encounter geocachers from around the world.

As you write your log, please add the name of YOUR home state , province, or country and tell a FUN FACT (or two) about YOUR home.

Then, please move me along.

Please do not keep me.

Thank you

The tiny state of Delaware is located on the northeastern portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, USA. "Del-Mar-Va” stands for the name of the east coast peninsula that is comprised of the State of DELaware, the Eastern Shore of MARyland, and the Eastern Shore of VirginiA. Thomas Jefferson compared Delaware to a diamond; small but very valuable due to its strategic location on the Eastern Seaboard. The capital of “The Diamond State” is Dover, home of the Dover Air Force Base.

Only 96 miles long and 35 miles at its widest point, Delaware has only three counties; New Castle, Kent, and Sussex. It is the second smallest state in the U.S. (only Rhode Island is smaller). Though small in size, Delawareans are extremely proud of their forefathers’ role in the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. On December 17, 1787, Delaware was the first state to ratify (sign) the Constitution of the United States, so it is literally and undisputedly “The First State”.

More “First State”Fun Facts:

Motto: Liberty and Independence

Song: “Our Delaware”

Colors: colonial blue and buff (chosen to represent the colors of the uniform of General George Washington)

Bird: fighting “Blue Hen” (now extinct; relates to the Revolutionary War era)

Tree: American Holly

Flower: Peach Blossom

Fish: Weakfish (a.k.a. Sea Trout)

Marine Animal: Horseshoe crab

WildlifeAnimal: Grey Fox

Butterfly: Tiger Swallowtail

“Bug”: Ladybug

Fruit: Strawberry

Star: “Delaware Diamond" (first star on the International Star Registry to be registered to an American state)

Tall ship: Kalmar Nyckel