1. Nashville By: Miss Gardner

2. Abbreviation: TN Nickname: The Volunteer State Date admitted to the U.S.: Wednesday, June 1, 1796 Flag:

3. Population: 5,962,959 State Bird: Mockingbird State Flower: Iris State Tree: Yellow-Poplar

4. Knoxville Nashville Chattanooga

5. Tennessee Kentucky Missouri Arkansas Mississippi Alabama Georgia North Carolina

6. Neyland Stadium Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Great Smoky Mountains

7. Tennessee is within a day’s drive of 65% of the United States population Nashville was chosen as the permanent capital in 1843. Completed in 1859, the Tennessee State Capitol is one of the oldest working capitols in the country. Neyland Stadium, home of the University of Tennessee’s football team, was “ranked the number one stadium to watch a college football game in America” – The Sporting News