What immediately comes to mind? Some wander off in thought, toes tapping as they whisper Pennsylvania 6-5000. Others might think of Amish Country or the Pennsylvania Dutch.
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If I had to pick another place and time to have been alive, I would be torn between two. The first is the American Civil War. The second are the days leading up to World War II. While I realize that I view these moments in history through rose-colored glasses, I cannot help but to be drawn to them.
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Today we celebrate National Pennsylvania Day. Pennsylvania became the settlement of an Englishman named William Penn, a Quaker, who founded the British Colony for religious freedom. The name Pennsylvania is a combination Penn’s family name and Latin that together mean “Penn’s woodlands.”
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July 20 we celebrate the state of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was the second state to join the union, and once served as the capital of the newly formed country – America.
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Did you know that the oldest residential street still in existence in America is Elfreth’s Alley? The entire reason that this street exists was for cart access for artisans toting their wares from their workshops to the trade based in Philadelphia’s Delaware River Ports. The buildings along the alleyway were erected in 1703; offering craftsmen of the time a place to set up shop on the lower levels, with living quarters above.
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The moment I heard that today was National Pennsylvania Day my head was filled with a Jazzy Fox Trot. I might be old, but I’m not that old. Missed the 40s by a decade or so. And in case you are wondering Pennsylvania 6-5000 was an actual telephone number. Had you dialed that in 1940, you would have gotten the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. Completely different Pennsylvania, I know.
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