Delaware, known as the First State, was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution and join the Union on Dec. 7, 1787. 2 ... colors on Delaware's state flag and license plates are "colonial ...

On this day in 1787, all 30 delegates to the Delaware Constitutional Convention ratified the newly written U.S. Constitution. That made Delaware the first state to join in the Union — taking the ...

Delaware's nickname as the "First State" refers to its role as the first to ratify the Constitution in 1787. It was also the site of the first permanent Swedish colony in North America in the ...

On this day in 1787, all 30 delegates to the Delaware Constitutional Convention ratified the newly written U.S. Constitution. That made Delaware the first state to join the Union — taking the ...