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State Profile for Alaska

Added to Union: January 3, 1959 (49th State)
State Official Bird: Willow Ptarmigan
Capital: Juneau
State Official Flower: Forget-Me-Not
State Website: http://www.alaska.gov/
State Official Tree: Sitka Spruce


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Benedict Arnold, before becoming a traitor, was a Major General for the American forces in the Revolutionary War, and is responsible for many key battles in the early stages in the war, including the Battle of Saratoga, where there is now a monument to him at the location where he was severely injured during the battle.

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