Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. Pennsylvania borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio and the Ohio River to its west, Lake Erie and New York to its north, the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east, and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest.
Shelter House in Emmaus, constructed in 1734 by Pennsylvania German settlers, is the oldest continuously occupied building structure in the Lehigh Valley and one of the oldest in Pennsylvania
Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution were adopted in 1776 and 1787-88, respectively
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought July 1–3, 1863 in Gettysburg, was the Civil War's deadliest battle but also is widely considered the war's turning point in the Union's ultimate victory. The battle is depicted in this 1887 Thure de Thulstrup painting, Battle of Gettysburg.
On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln (center, facing camera) arrived in Gettysburg and delivered the Gettysburg Address, considered one of the best-known speeches in American history.
Pennsylvania Dutch language
Pennsylvania Dutch, sometimes referred to as Pennsylvania German, is a variation of Palatine German spoken by the Pennsylvania Dutch, including the Amish, Mennonites, Fancy Dutch, and other related groups in the United States and Canada. There are approximately 300,000 native speakers of Pennsylvania Dutch in the United States and Canada.
An example of Pennsylvania High German in Palatine Fraktur: ("...𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖘 𝖎𝖈𝖍 𝖇𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖊, 𝖉𝖆𝖘𝖘 𝖎𝖍𝖗 𝖒𝖊𝖎 𝕯𝖊𝖚𝖙𝖘𝖈𝖍 𝖊𝖝𝖐𝖚𝖍𝖘𝖙, 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖒𝖊𝖎 𝕳𝖔𝖈𝖍𝖉𝖊𝖚𝖙𝖘𝖈𝖍 𝖘𝖆𝖚𝖓𝖉 𝖊𝖓 𝕭𝖎𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖑 𝖕𝖊𝖓𝖓𝖘𝖞𝖑𝖛𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖍."; "...first I must ask, that you excuse my German, for my Hochdeutsch sounds a bit Pennsylvanian.")
Pennsylvania Dutch writer Henry Harbaugh
Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1845
Pennsylvania Dutch arts history in Pennsylvania Dutch language
