Origins of the Nickname. Abraham Browning of Camden is given credit for giving New Jersey the nickname the Garden State. According to Alfred Heston's 1926 two-volume book Jersey Waggon Jaunts, Browning called New Jersey the Garden State while speaking at the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition on New Jersey Day (August 24, 1876).
There are 13 stripes and 50 stars on the American flag. The stripes stand for the thirteen original colonies the fifty stars stand for the fifty states. There are 13 stripes and 50 stars on the American flag. The stripes stand for the thirteen original colonies the fifty stars stand for the fifty states.
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution which stated: âResolved, That the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.â Flag Day is now observed on June 14 of each year.