In 2008, the Democratic Party gathered in Denver for its 2008 convention. There, a donkey named Mordecai became the first official live mascot in the history of the party, giving a new meaning to the expression political animal. This Democratic symbol aimed to provide a few light-hearted moments at the convention.
Variously known as cupstones, anvil stones, pitted cobbles and nutting stones, among other names, these roughly discoidal or amorphous groundstone artifacts are among the most common lithic remains of Native American culture, especially in the Midwest, in Early Archaic contexts.
The rumors gave Connecticut still another nickname: Nutmeg State. A nutmeg is the kernel of a tropical fruit which is widely used as a spice. Nutmeg trees, which grow to be 70 feet tall, are evergreens.Each tree produces about 2,000 nuts every year. The trees originally grew only in the Molucca Islands, which are called the Spice Islands.Now they have been raised successfully in all of the East Indies, the West Indies, Brazil, India and Sri Lanka. The trees are not commercially grown in Connecticut.he trees originally grew only in the Molucca Islands, which are called the Spice Islands. Now they have been raised successfully in all of the East Indies, the West Indies, Brazil, India and Sri Lanka. The trees are not commercially grown in Connecticut.