Florida, nicknamed The Sunshine State, entered into Statehood on March 3, 1845.  A link to the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles is here:  https://www.flhsmv.gov/  The Capital of Florida is Tallahassee, and the State of Florida motto is In God We Trust.  The Florida State flower is the orange blossom (1909). The Florida State bird is the mockingbird (1927).  The Florida State song is Suwannee River (1935).