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State Profile for Pennsylvania
Added to Union: December 12, 1787 (2nd State)
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State Official Bird: Ruffed Grouse
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Capital: Harrisburg
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State Official Flower: Mountain Laurel
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State Website: http://www.state.pa.us/
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State Official Tree: Eastern Hemlock
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Historical Figures from Pennsylvania
Historical Sites in Pennsylvania
- Buchanan's Birthplace State Park, Mercersburg
- Carpenter's Historic Hall, Philadelphia
- Eisenhower National Historic Site, Gettysburg
- Gettysburg Visitor's Center, Gettysburg
- Hershey’s Chocolate World, Hershey
- Independence Hall, Philadelphia
- James Buchanan Birthplace Log Cabin, Mercersburg
- Liberty Bell, Philadelphia
- Paoli Battlefield Park, Malvern
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, Philadelphia
- United States Mint at Philadelphia, Philadelphia
- Wheatland, Lancaster
- Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster
There are 13 sites in Pennsylvania
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Did you know?
Future President John Adams successfully defended the British soldiers who were charged with murder following the Boston Massacre.
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