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PENNSYLVANIA

Keystone State
Origin of state's name: Named in honor of Admiral William Penn, father of the state's founder, William Penn
Pennsylvania's State Flag is composed of a blue field on which is embroidered the State Coat of Arms. The first State Flag bearing the State Coat of Arms was authorized by the General Assembly in 1799. An act of the General Assembly of June 13, 1907, standardized the flag and required that the blue field match the blue of Old Glory.
Entered Union: Second of the original 13 states to ratify the Constitution, December 12, 1787
Capital: Harrisburg
Motto: Virtue, liberty and independence
Flower: Mountain laurel
Bird: Ruffled grouse
Tree: Hemlock
Song: Pennsylvania

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A LITTLE HISTORY

The first settlers were Swedish in 1643 on Tinicum Island. In 1655, the Dutch seized the settlement but lost it to the British in 1664. The region was given by Charles II to William Penn in 1681. Philadelphia (brotherly love) was the capital of the colonies during most of the American Revolution, and of the U.S. 1790-1800. Philadelphia was taken by the British in 1777; Washington's troops encamped at Valley Forge in the bitter winter of 1777-1778. The Declaration of Independence, 1776, and the Constitution, 1787, were signed In Philadelphia.
FACTS AND TRIVIA ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA

The Delaware River forms the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border.
Chocolate is the product that built Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh is at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers.
Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and gold.
The Yuengling Brewery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania founded in 1829 is the oldest in the United States.

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Pennsylvania was the first colony to legalize witchcraft.
Philadelphia was the seat of the federal government almost continuously from 1776 to 1800; there the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 and the U.S. Constitution drawn up in 1787.
Pennsylvania has the largest rural population in the nation.
One of the original 13 colonies, PA is called the "Keystone State" because of its central location among the other original colonies. There are six states above it and six states below it.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike, which crosses the state from east to west, was the nation's first superhighway. (No, not the Internet!) It was completed in 1940.
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