State Information
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Pennsylvania
"the second state"quarter struck by
the mint on
March 8, 1999 |
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| The quarter's stateside face depicts the "Commonwealth", a
bronze-gilded female form, an outline of the State, and the State motto: "Virtue,
Liberty, Independence", and a keystone. |
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Admitted to
Union: |
December 12, 1787 |
Bits
of History Update:
What event in Augusta, Georgia is famous
for yearly awarding a prized green jacket?
Who won the jacket in 1997?
Reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg.
President Lincoln dedicated the
Gettysburg National Cemetery and gave
his historic Gettysburg address in 1863
during the Civil War. |
| Order
Admitted: |
2 |
| Capital: |
Harrisburg |
| Largest
City: |
Philadelphia |
| Nickname: |
Keystone State |
| State Bird: |
Ruffed Grouse |
| State
Flower: |
Mountain Laurel |
| State Tree: |
Eastern Hemlock |
| State
Motto: |
Virtue, Liberty, Independence |
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State Name Origin:
Named after Admiral Sir William Penn, the father of the colony's founder, the Quaker
William
Penn. The literal translation is "Penn's woods".Fun State Facts:
Pennsylvania has a population of
12,061,600, 5th in the nation. Its land area is 44,820 square
miles, 32nd in the nation. The highest point is Mount Davis at 3,213 feet above sea
level. Its entire
eastern border is along the Delaware River. Pittsburgh, in the western part of the
state is known
as the three rivers city because the Allegheny River from the northeast meets the
Monongahela
River from the south and they form the Ohio River which flows north and then
southwest to the
Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois. Pennsylvania's nickname is based on the
13-stone arch where
there are 6 rocks on one side and 6 rocks on the other side with the 13th rock called
the keystone
holding the other rock in place. Of the original thirteen states, six are northeast
of Pennsylvania
and six southeast, hence figuratively the state is the Keystone of the original 13
states.
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