Northeastern US
Wild blueberries, honey bees, the pink-edged sulphur butterfly, and the black-capped chickadee all represent this crustacean and cat loving state that has one of the oldest non-profit organizations serving the deaf community in the Nation.
What is Maine?
This "Bluegrass State" saw African American populations decline due to the Great Migration. Its home to Mammoth Cave National Park. Its northern border is the Ohio river and the state established its school for the deaf in 1823.
What is Kentucky?
This "Buckeye State" derives its name from the River that forms its southern border. Its capital is Columbus and the Wright brothers were born here. This state was fifth in the nation to open a school for the deaf.
What is Ohio?
This "Big Sky Country" state is split by the continental divide into distinct western and eastern regions with most of the state's mountain ranges in the western half. The Bitterroot Mountains separate this state from its western neighbor. This states deaf and blind school operated out of a house and a store for it first 5 years.
What is Montana?
This "Old Line State" has part of the Appalachian Mountains to the east, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to the west, and a large deaf community in Frederick County.
What is Maryland?
"The Tarheel State" is known for the wright brother's first flight at Kitty Hawk. It is also the state where Blackbeard was killed by troops from Virginia. They established a school for the deaf in 1894.
What is North Carolina?
What is Michigan?
This "Enchanted" state is home to the Valles Caldera National Preserve. This state's school for the deaf was established in 1885 by Lars M. Larson with his own funds.
What is New Mexico?
With many well known landmarks including Niagara Falls, this state, one of the original 13 colonies, attracts visitors from all over the globe. They have something for everyone including a deaf theatre run by deaf artists.
What is New York?
"The Volunteer State" is home to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Mississippi River forms its western border. Its capital Nashville is well known and is home to one of three campuses for the state's deaf school which was established in 1844.
What is Tennessee?
This Great Plains state has a northern border with Canada and a southern border with a "sister" state that shares part of its name. The capital Bismarck is less well known than its largest city Fargo. It is the fourth least populous state. Anson R. Spear, a deaf man from Minnesota, came to this state in 1889 to establish a school for the deaf.
What is North Dakota?
This is the northwestern most state of the contiguous United States. It is known for Salmon, Lumber, and grunge. It was also one of the first states to establish a TTY Distribution Program and fund the relay service as a direct provider prior to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
What is Washington?
Founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn this state played a vital and historic role in the American Revolution when it hosted the First and Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. It is also home to a school for the deaf that was founded in 1820.
What is Pennsylvania?
This state is known for its sunshine, second longest coastline in the US, and hurricanes. It faces both the Atlantic Ocean and The Gulf of Mexico. It established a deaf school in 1882 by a graduate of Gallaudet University, Thomas Hines Coleman. The school taught both black and white children for 10 years until it was segregated in 1895.
What is Florida?
"The Hoosier State" capital is Indianapolis. This state has produced the fifth highest number of professional basketball players per capital. Larry Bird and David Letterman are from here. This state levied two tax mills in 1843 to establish a school for the deaf despite the state being nearly bankrupt.
What is Indiana?
This state is home to the Grand Canyon and Saguaro National Park. Charles Clifford Griffin was the first recorded deaf migrant to the state.
What is Arizona?
The spectacular fall foliage in this state is due to its abundance of Maple Trees, which provide sap for the state's famous Maple Syrup. While Burlington is its most populous city, Brattleboro is known for the Austine School for the Deaf.
What is Vermont?
This landlocked state was previously part of French Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase. The states southern border abuts Louisiana while the capital Little Rock is in the center of the state. The state's deaf school was founded in 1867 in Little Rock.
What is Arkansas?
"The Cornhusker State" calls Lincoln its capital, but its largest city is Omaha. It is home to Ashfall Fossil Beds, Carhenge, and Warren Buffet. The state school for the deaf was established in 1867 and opened in 1869.
What is Nebraska?
This state is known for potatoes and Mavis Irwin.
What is Idaho?
While residing in this tiny state, Mrs. Henry Lippitt established a school for the deaf in 1876 called Providence Day School for the Deaf. The school is located in the state's capital, Providence.
What is Rhode Island?
This state is the second largest in the country. It has shoreline along the Gulf of Mexico and shares a border with Mexico. Its school for the deaf is the oldest continuously operating public school in the state and was founded in 1856.
What is Texas?
This "Land of 10,000 Lakes" is to the east of the Dakotas and shares a northern border with Canada. The capital city is Saint Paul and home to the historic Charles Thompson Hall that was designed by Olof Hanson who is thought to be the first Deaf American architect.
What is Minnesota?
This state is known for neon, area 51, and 3 of the 23 colleges/universities where deaf studies is offered as a degree program.
What is Nevada?
This "Garden State" is represented by Cory Booker and is home to The Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf which was opened in 1883.
What is New Jersey?
This southern state sits on the Atlantic Ocean and is bordered by a "sister" state that shares part of its name. It is known for Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head Island. Reverend Walker established a deaf school in 1849 and became a state-supported institution in 1856.
What is South Carolina?
"The Sunflower State" shares a southern border with Oklahoma and its capital is Topeka. It is part of "Tornado Alley" and Dorthy is from here. A private school for the deaf was established in 1861 with this state assisting the school in 1862.
What is Kansas?
This state is known for being the least populous state and is home to two national parks, Grand Teton and Yellowstone. It also has an amazing Humanities Program that includes a project on PISL.
What is Wyoming?
This state is known for its firsts. It is the fist state on every newscaster's lips come primary season, and it is considered the state where deaf advocacy originated with the Brown Family in Henniker. Residents of the capitol city Concord "Live Free or Die".
What is New Hampshire?
This "Peach State" calls Atlanta its capital. In 1958 a Mark 15 nuclear bomb was lost off the coast of Tybee Island where the DOE believes it to be buried in silt at the bottom of Warsaw Sound. Its school for the deaf was established in 1846 and is located in Cave Spring.
What is Georgia?
The "Cave State" (there are 7,300 recorded caves in the state) is known for the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis. It is also where Jesse James was shot and killed and where Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens, was born. The state shares a southern border with Arkansas. The state established a school for the deaf in 1851.
What is Missouri?
This state has 9 national parks, 2 state schools for the deaf, and 3 universities/colleges where a student can major in deaf studies.
What is California?
This landlocked state was a key border state during the American Civil War. The capital Charleston is at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers. WVSDB were established in 1870 due to Professor Howard Hille Johnson tireless work and lobbying.
What is West Virginia?
This state's French heritage is reflected throughout the state. Its capital is Baton Rouge, but the state is known for the Madi Gras celebrations each year in New Orleans. Its state school for the deaf, founded in 1852, was used as a military hospital and school during the Civil War.
What is Louisiana?
"America's Dairyland" is known for it "Cheese Heads". This state calls Madison its capital and is part of the Great Lakes region with Lake Superior to the north. It established a state deaf school in 1852.
What is Wisconsin?
This state is one of the four corners states and is home to Mesa Verde (a National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site). You can find Aspen Camp of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in this state too.
What is Colorado?
This state has many nicknames including The Blue Hen State and The Diamond State. Margaret S. Sterck founded a school for the deaf when she began teaching deaf students in her home in Willmington in 1929.
What is Delaware?
This state's western boundary is defined largely by the Mississippi River. The Mississippi delta in this state is an area that has produced rich and varied music traditions including jazz, blues, and rock and roll. The state struggles with its national rankings in health, education, and economic development. All records of the states fist deaf school are gone as it was burned by Sherman.
What is Mississippi?
"The Land of Lincoln" calls its capital Springfield, but is best known for its largest city Chicago. Lake Michigan borders its northeast and the Mississippi river borders its west. It founded a school for the deaf in 1839 after a state senator meat a deaf man from Kentucky.
What is Illinois?
This state is home to Glacier Bay National Park and Mount Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America. Additionally, 6.7% of the population is deaf or hard of hearing making this state third in the nation after South Dakota and New Mexico.
What is Alaska?
The oldest permanent school for the deaf, The American School for the Deaf, is located in Hartford in this state otherwise known as "The Constitution State".
What is Connecticut?
This state's capital is Montgomery. The Tuskegee Airmen trained in this state. The state has a Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail commemorating the Selma to Montgomery marches in support of the Voting Rights Act. Andrew Foster, the Father of Deaf Education in Africa, was born in Ensley.
What is Alabama?
This state is known for Mount Rushmore. European-American settlement moved into the area when there was a gold rush in the Black Hills. This triggered a number of "Indian Wars" which ended with the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. A school for the deaf was founded in 1880 when the state was still part of the Dakota territory.
What is South Dakota?
You can find crater lake and the Willamette Valley in this state. This state's path to statehood was delayed multiple times as Congress debated whether the territory should be admitted as a "free" state or a "slave" state. It is also the only state where US citizens were killed by a Japanese Balloon bomb during WWII. It is also the home of CYMASPACE.
What is Oregon?
This state known as "Old Dominion" recognizes Richmond as its capital. This state's school for the deaf and blind was established in 1838 and opened in 1839. It is one of the oldest schools in this state and the first school for the deaf and blind.
What is Virginia?
The "Sooner State" capital is a City named after the state. The name comes from the Choctaw language. This state's southern border abuts Texas. The first school to give instruction to the deaf was based out of Fort Gibson and it taught deaf and blind Native American students.
What is Oklahoma?
The "Hawkeye State" calls Des Moines its capital. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson died here when their plane crashed near Clear Lake. A private school for the deaf was established in 1854 with a public institution following in 1855. Notable alumni include the publisher of the first sign language dictionary.
What is Iowa?
Known as "The Mormon State", this state has had multiple long running debates between various modalities of deaf education.
What is Utah?
This state had a large deaf population in Martha's Vineyard in the 1800s due to a recessively inherited genetic mutation that can be traced back to Kent county, England.
What is Massachusetts?
While not a state, this district is home to Gallaudet University which was authorized to confer college degrees in 1864 by President Abraham Lincoln. This is also where Louise B. Miller filed a lawsuit against the D.C. board of education so her three Black deaf children could receive an education. This case paved the way for the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision.
What is Washington D.C.?
Bonus: ASL become the dominant language of instruction in deaf schools.
What is 1835?
"The Aloha State" consists of multiple volcanic islands known for their tropical climate. HSL, an indigenous sign language, was present in this state as early as 1820.
What is Hawai'i?