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Pennsylvania - Trivia

• Presidental Birthplace of James Buchanan, 1857-1861
• Philadelphia was our state capital during the Revolutionary War
• York was the first capital of the United States
• Where The Constitution of the United States of America was written
• Where Declaration of Independence was written
• Where Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was written
• First oil well was dug at Titusville in 1859
• Hershey is considered the Chocolate Capital of the United States
• The Warner brothers began their careers in western Pennsylvania
• The state's most valuable mineral is coal
• Cameron & Potter counties have more deer than people
• Pennsylvania's only woman governor was Hannah Penn
• It has the most covered bridges of any state
• Dwight D. Eisenhower the only US president to retire to live on a farm in PA
• Philadelphia is the site of the first presidential mansion
• Clarion is the oldest golf course in America
• William Penn's laws were called Frame of Government
• Elfreth's Alley is the oldest street in Philadelphia
• Hannah Penn was Pennsylvania's only woman governor
• Philadelphia is home to the Liberty Bell
• Pennsylvania Dutch invented the Conestoga wagon
• Three Mile Island was the first major nuclear power plant accident
• The oldest ethnic day celebrated is Lithuanian Day
• First state to list their web site URL on a license plate
• Betsy Ross made the first American flag in Philadelphia
• Philadelphia was once the United States capital city