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| Inside the Place of Meditation at the Eisenhower Presidential Center in Abilene. The chapel is the final resting place of President and Mrs. Eisenhower. Also at the center is President Eisenhower's boyhood home, Library and Museum. |
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| Website : www.kansas.gov |
 Capital
: Topeka |
 Highest
point : Mount
Sunflower, 4,039 feet |
 Area : 82,282 square miles,
15th largest state. |
 Population : 2,688,418
(2000 census) |
 Motto
:
Ad astra per aspra (To the stars
through difficulties) |
 Admitted to
Union : January 29, 1861 |
 State
Song : "Home on the Range" |
 State Bird : Western Medowlark |
 State Flower
: Sunflower
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 State Tree : Cottonwood |
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