| • | Pennsylvania is the first state of the fifty United States to list their web site URL on a license plate. |
| • | Hershey is considered the Chocolate Capital of the United States. |
| • | Philadelphia was the seat of the federal government almost continuously from 1776 to 1800 |
| • | Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 in Philadelphia |
| • | The Three Mile Island accident in 1979. This was the most significant accident in the history of the USA commercial nuclear power generating industry, resulting in the release of approximately 2.5 million curies of radioactive gases, and approximately 15 curies of iodine-131. Three mile island is located just outside of Harrisburg Pa. |
| • | Betsy Ross designed and made the first American national flag |
| • | Daniel Boone was born in a town near Reading Pa |
| • | Bill Cosby was born in Philadelphia in 1937 |
| • | Gettysburg Pa, Was the site of historic battles that defined our great country. |
| • | Originally constructed as the Pennsylvania colony's statehouse in 1732, the hall was the scene of the proclamation of the U.S. Declaration of Independence (1776) and was the meeting place of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention. |