
The thistle is the emblem of Scotland as a barefoot viking raider cried out in pain as he stood on one, alerting the Scottish army encampment that the Norse army were sneaking up on.
George Washington called a ceasefire during the Revolutionary War to return a lost dog that belonged to a British General.
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South:
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia,
and West Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas
both: Deleware and Maryland
Northeast:
Connecticut, District of Columbia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
Midwest:
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota
West:
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington