DE American plate atlas
Delaware
The First State
Meet the plate, people, places, and stories behind one of the road-trip game’s fifty-one essential finds.
Capital
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Blue hen chickenRatified the Constitution
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A quick trip through time
The Delaware story
Delaware was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Small in size but central to colonial and commercial history, it bridges the Mid-Atlantic coast and the Chesapeake region.
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Bumper-sized history
About the plate
Delaware’s dark blue-and-gold plate is famously minimal and has roots in a design used for decades. Low-number plates can carry unusual collector prestige.