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By: Sarah. Date established : December 12, 1787 State motto : Virtue, Liberty, and Independence Electoral college votes : 20 State flag: State facts.

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1 By: Sarah

2 Date established : December 12, 1787 State motto : Virtue, Liberty, and Independence Electoral college votes : 20 State flag: State facts

3 State stuff State animal: White-Tailed Deer State beautification plant: Crown Vetch State drink: Milk State bird: Ruffed Grouse State dog: Great Dane State Fish : Brook Trout State insect : Firefly and Lady bug State tree : Hemlock State flower : Mountain Laurel

4 Capital of Pennsylvania The capitol of Pennsylvania is Harrisburg. When president Theodore Roosevelt saw the capitol building he said “this is the handsomest building I ever saw!” it was furnished and built at the cost of 13 million dollars. The capitols center piece 272-foot, and 15 million pound dome.

5 Hershey Pennsylvania Hershey’s company has 19 different kinds of chocolate products. It was founded by Milton S. Hershey! Here is a short Hershey time line: 1857 Milton Hershey was born 1876 Milton starts his first candy business= Crystal A Caramel 1900 First Hershey’s chocolate Bar 1918 Milton donates all his wealth and ownership of his company to his school

6 Declaration of Independence The declaration of independence was signed in Philadelphia. The declaration of independence was signed in what is now know as independence hall. Best guess of author : Tomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and John Adams.

7 Famous people Marian Anderson concert singer Marc Brown children's author and illustrator Rachel Carson author and environmentalist Mary Casset painter Peter Catalanotto children's author and illustrator Bill Cosby comedian and actor Benjamin Franklin inventor and author Martha Graham dancer and choreographer

8 Famous people Milton S. Hershey founder of chocolate company Reggie Jackson base ball player Gene Kelly dancer and actor E. l. Konigsburg children's author Margaret Mead anthropologist Joe Montana football player Lucretia Mott leader of the abolitionist and women's rights movements William Penn founder of Pennsylvania

9 Fred Rogers “Mr.Rogers” Betsy Ross patriot during the American revolution James Stewert actor Andrew Wyeth painter Famous people

10 Research Reflection I had to make sure that what I put on my power point was not false information. I put it in my own words. I had to make sure that every thing made sense and that I didn’t just copy the information of the website. I had to make sure what I put on my power point was appropriate and made sense for the topic of Pennsylvania

11 Bibliography Welcome to USA- book Pacapitol.com-website Answers.com-website Chacha.com-website Hersheys.com-website Infoplease.com-website Worldatlas.com-website Google.com-website

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