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Connecticut ;

Home of the rich and land of the snobs.

We design and manufacture nuclear attack submarines (Electric Boat in Groton), if it wasn't for us, the rest of the states would be a giant smoking hole in the ground.

We also have Sikorsky helicopter in Stratford along with thousands of small but extremely important defense contract business's including the Pratt and Whitney plant.

Home of General Electric.

Hartford, the insurance capital of the U.S.

Captain Kid's treasure is buried off the coast of Milford somewhere on Charles Island. (my hometown)
We were the headquarters for the pirates that ran amuck on the east coast (after New York)

Stamford and Westport (with Fairfield county) live a large population of celebrities (Martha no longer resides in CT 😛 )

Home of Yale (told you we were snobby)




We have the best antiquing in the U.S.

Home to the following ;


Gustave Whitehead, the first to truely fly

Benedict Arnold (1741 - 1801) A captain of the Colonial Army turned British spy. He is famous for burning down the town of New London; since then, his name has meant ?traitor;? born in Norwich.
Phineas T. Barnum (1810 - 1891) One founder of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus; born in Bethel.

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) (1835 - 1910) Author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; lived in Hartford.

Ethan Allan (1738 - 1789) American Revolutionary soldier; Born in Litchfield.

Dorothy Hamill (1956 - ) Olympic gold medallist and professional ice skater with the Ice Capades; grew up in Riverside.

Samuel Colt (1814 - 1862) Inventor and founder of the Colt firearm company; born in Hartford.

Nathan Hale (1755 -1776) A martyr soldier of the American Revolution; born in Coventry.


Katharine Hepburn (1907 - ) Famous actress who won four Academy Awards for best actress; born in Hartford.
Mary Kies , The first woman to receive a US patent, received on May 15th, 1809 for a method of weaving straw with silk; from South Killingly.

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896) Author of Uncle Tom?s Cabin; born in Litchfield.

Noah Webster (1758 - 1843) Author of the first dictionary published in 1807; from West Hartford.

Charles Goodyear (1800 - 1860) Inventor of vulcanized rubber; born in New Haven.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908 - 1972) Congressman; born in New Haven.

Ella Grasso (1919 - 1981) The first woman to be elected governor of a state; born in Windsor Locks.


Dean Acheson statesman, Middletown
Ethan Allan American Revolutionary soldier, Litchfield
John Brown abolitionist, Torrington
Oliver Ellsworth jurist, Windsor
Eileen Farrell soprano, Willimantic
Robert N. Hall inventor, New Haven
Collis Potter Huntington financier, Harwinton
Charles Ives composer, Danbury
Edwin H. Land inventor
Annie Leibovitz photographer, Waterbury
John Pierpont Morgan financier, Hartford
Frederick Law Olmsted landscape designer, Hartford
Kenneth H. Olsen inventor, Stratford
Rosa Ponselle soprano, Meriden
Benjamin Spock pediatrician, New Haven
 
Originally posted by: Oger
Connecticut ;

Home of the rich and land of the snobs.

We design and manufacture nuclear attack submarines (Electric Boat in Groton), if it wasn't for us, the rest of the states would be a giant smoking hole in the ground.

We also have Sikorsky helicopter in Stratford along with thousands of small but extremely important defense contract business's including the Pratt and Whitney plant.

Home of General Electric.

Hartford, the insurance capital of the U.S.

Captain Kid's treasure is buried off the coast of Milford somewhere on Charles Island. (my hometown)
We were the headquarters for the pirates that ran amuck on the east coast (after New York)

Stamford and Westport (with Fairfield county) live a large population of celebrities (Martha no longer resides in CT 😛 )

Home of Yale (told you we were snobby)




We have the best antiquing in the U.S.

Home to the following ;


Gustave Whitehead, the first to truely fly

Benedict Arnold (1741 - 1801) A captain of the Colonial Army turned British spy. He is famous for burning down the town of New London; since then, his name has meant ?traitor;? born in Norwich.
Phineas T. Barnum (1810 - 1891) One founder of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus; born in Bethel.

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) (1835 - 1910) Author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; lived in Hartford.

Ethan Allan (1738 - 1789) American Revolutionary soldier; Born in Litchfield.

Dorothy Hamill (1956 - ) Olympic gold medallist and professional ice skater with the Ice Capades; grew up in Riverside.

Samuel Colt (1814 - 1862) Inventor and founder of the Colt firearm company; born in Hartford.

Nathan Hale (1755 -1776) A martyr soldier of the American Revolution; born in Coventry.


Katharine Hepburn (1907 - ) Famous actress who won four Academy Awards for best actress; born in Hartford.
Mary Kies , The first woman to receive a US patent, received on May 15th, 1809 for a method of weaving straw with silk; from South Killingly.

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896) Author of Uncle Tom?s Cabin; born in Litchfield.

Noah Webster (1758 - 1843) Author of the first dictionary published in 1807; from West Hartford.

Charles Goodyear (1800 - 1860) Inventor of vulcanized rubber; born in New Haven.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908 - 1972) Congressman; born in New Haven.

Ella Grasso (1919 - 1981) The first woman to be elected governor of a state; born in Windsor Locks.


Dean Acheson statesman, Middletown
Ethan Allan American Revolutionary soldier, Litchfield
John Brown abolitionist, Torrington
Oliver Ellsworth jurist, Windsor
Eileen Farrell soprano, Willimantic
Robert N. Hall inventor, New Haven
Collis Potter Huntington financier, Harwinton
Charles Ives composer, Danbury
Edwin H. Land inventor
Annie Leibovitz photographer, Waterbury
John Pierpont Morgan financier, Hartford
Frederick Law Olmsted landscape designer, Hartford
Kenneth H. Olsen inventor, Stratford
Rosa Ponselle soprano, Meriden
Benjamin Spock pediatrician, New Haven
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Ok, wow, I didn't expect a book report. But nice anyways. And Benedict Arnold? That's not defending your honor, that's sullying it; fascists. 😉
 
Originally posted by: edro13
Ohio!

- FIRST IN FLIGHT! (Those NC bastards claim it, but Ohioans created it!)

- John Glenn (I'm in space biotch!)

- Buckeyes! (Because all the cool mascots were taken...)
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Well if Ohio wasn't a flat desolate hellhole, they would not have had to come to a real state to make it 😉
 
New Hampshire-

First state to declare its' indepenence(January 1776) and set up its' own government

First state to vote on The Decleration of Independence(9th for the Constitution)

First American in space(Alan Shepard)

Co-founding of the GOP(which was founded as an abolitionist party whatever you may think of them now)

Home of some of the most brutal weather on Earth Mt Washington

First American Public Library(Peterborough NH)

World's first Cog Railroad(more important in Europe then the States)

Birthplace and current home to the McDonalds brothers

Home of Robert Frost

Birthplace of Adam Sandler
 
Originally posted by: jagec
Washington: bombs from Boeing, bugs from Microsoft, brew from Starbucks. For a state full of hippies we sure have a lot of evil corporations 🙂
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Originally posted by: AzNmAnJLH
Washington: espresso in your iv drip
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Originally posted by: SilentRavens
Washington: You'd better eat up them apples.
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Originally posted by: Mo0o
Washington: we have microsoft, and starbucks. soon we will own the world.
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Originally posted by: chrisms
Washington: Too stoned and busy playing hacky sack while hugging trees to give you anything but Nirvana
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😀 Hooray for coffee and weed!
 
Originally posted by: Nitemare
Originally posted by: edro13
Ohio!

- FIRST IN FLIGHT! (Those NC bastards claim it, but Ohioans created it!)

- John Glenn (I'm in space biotch!)

- Buckeyes! (Because all the cool mascots were taken...)
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Well if Ohio wasn't a flat desolate hellhole, they would not have had to come to a real state to make it 😉
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i'd hardly call ohio flat. my spot in north central ohio requires 4x4 to get to my house in the winter. northwest ohio is pretty flat though.
ohio has cranked out quite a few presidents i believe
 
California- we have very rich people carrying the conomy, and even more poor people bringing it down. But in the end, isn't diversity all that matters? =)
 
Originally posted by: nmcglennon
Texas: FVCK YEAH!

Everything is bigger! (Including this list)

Hot women!
Enron!
Alamo!
San Antonio Spurs!
Houston Astros!
Cowboys!
No Oklahomans!
Dallas Mavericks!
Fort Worth!
Dallas!
Austin!
Barbeque!
Guns!
Longhorns!
Racists!
Conservatives!
Oil!
Dell!
Mission Control!
Dallas Cowboys... (ok maybe not)
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Houston. Pwned.
 
California: we own your economy. we make better cheese than wisconsin. we are the world's largest exporter of crazy people and every form of media (notice how those two go in the same sentance). we have the best combo of weather, scenery, and geography. we have the best girls. we have silicon valley. we have the best public university system in the country. we've got the most elective power.
 
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