“The Keystone State” is the patriotic powerhouse of the USA!!! It played a central role in the revolution and the founding of the United States.
PA has many firsts, like the US flag, the National Capitol, a public zoo, a Quaker Governor (William Penn), an electrical computer (ENIAC), the US stock exchange, a hospital, a business school, US-built piano, daily newspaper, catsup, and baseball stadium. Natural resources (coal, steel, lumber, shale oil, and crude oil) helped the colonial population expand westward from the Eastern seaboard.
Pennsylvania is known for mushrooms, water ice, tastycakes, hoagies, and potholes.
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