Indiana

:This article is about the U.S. state. See also Indiana, Pennsylvania (U.S.) and Indiana, São Paulo (Brazil.)

Miscellaneous information

• State bird: Cardinal
• State flower: Peony
• State motto: "The Crossroads of America"
• State poem: Indiana, by Arthur Franklin Mapes
• State song: On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away
• State river: Wabash
• State stone: Salem limestone
• State tree: Tulip tree

Indiana is the home state of a large number of astronauts, including such notables as "Gus" Grissom, and Frank Borman. Many other astronauts, including Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan, were graduates of Purdue University in West Lafayette (http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/history/space_program/hoosier_astronauts.html). Neil Armstrong's Purdue class ring may be the only such object that has ever traveled to the moon and back.

Related Topics:
Astronaut - "Gus" Grissom - Frank Borman - Neil Armstrong - Gene Cernan - Purdue University - West Lafayette - Class ring

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