"The state's finally getting recognition for the treasures it has," said Linda Ratchford, 59, who lives in Old New Castle, a few blocks from where Penn first stepped foot in North America in 1682.

Being first means a lot to the Granite State. New Hampshire held its first presidential primary in May 1916 − a week after the Indiana primary − but legislators soon amended state law to hold ...

Yep: Both Washington State (and Washington D.C.) are named for the first president of the United States. Granted statehood in 1889, Washington is the only state named after a president.

Woodrow Wilson broke that pattern with his first State of the Union in 1913, near the end of his first year in office. He continued his in-person tradition until a stroke made that impossible in 1919.