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==Goals==
# Improve [[Pennsylvania]] articles to featured status.
# Standardization - [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pennsylvania/Rules and Standards]]
# Building and consensus nomenclature for neighborhood articles, including elimination of all red links.

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==Members==
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==Articles==
=== Did You Know? ===
* ... that even though '''[[Lower Merion Library System]]''' accounts for only 7% of the county's population, it accounts for over 20% of its circulation?
*... that '''[[Wendall Woodbury]]''' was the first [[television anchor]] in the [[United States]] to report on the unfolding [[Three Mile Island accident]] in 1979?
*... that [[Archaic period in the Americas|Early Archaic]] peoples used the '''[[Houserville Site]]''' in [[Pennsylvania]] ten millennia ago?
*... that '''[[John Pittenger]]''', former [[Pennsylvania Secretary of Education]] and [[Dean (education)|dean]] of [[Rutgers School of Law–Camden]], was the first [[legislator]] to utilize [[high school]] [[legislative pages]] in the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]]?
*... that in its heyday, the [[National Register of Historic Places|historic]] '''[[Mountain Springs Hotel]]''' in [[Ephrata, Pennsylvania]], hosted [[President of the United States|U.S. Presidents]] [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]], [[Ulysses S. Grant|Grant]], and [[James Buchanan|Buchanan]]?
*... that the '''[[Ghost Town Trail]]''' in [[Western Pennsylvania]] utilizes {{convert|36|mi}} of donated and abandoned railroad and features many abandoned mining [[ghost towns]]? 
*... that '''[[Teedyuscung]]''', known as the ''King of the [[Lenape|Delawares]]'', lost much of his territory to [[Province of Pennsylvania|colonial Pennsylvania]] in the [[Walking Purchase]] and later sought retribution for the massive land loss?
*... that the '''[[Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)|Soldiers and Sailors Monument]]''' in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]], stands on the site of a 1777 [[Second Continental Congress]] meeting?
*... that the '''[[Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783]]''' was a primary reason for the creation of a separate federal district to serve as the capital of the United States?
*... that when the '''[[Lackawanna Steel Company|Lackawanna Steel Co.]]''' moved from [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], to [[New York]] in 1902, its relocation led to the founding of [[Lackawanna, New York]]? 
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*... that the '''''[[Photuris pennsylvanica]]''''' ''([[:Image:Photuris pennsylvanicus 1665.jpg|pictured]])'', a [[species]] of [[Firefly|lightning bug]], is [[Pennsylvania]]'s [[state insect]]? 
*... that in 2006 the [[Philadelphia City Council]] proclaimed "'''[[Edie Huggins]]''' Day" in honor of her 40th anniversary as a [[reporter]] and [[journalist]] for [[WCAU-TV]]? 
*... that the '''[[Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry Natural Area|smallest Natural Area in Pennsylvania]]''' protects a stand of '''[[box huckleberry]]''', but another stand nearby is the oldest plant in the [[United States]]?
*... that the '''[[Pine Creek Path]]''', a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] trail along [[Pine Creek (Pennsylvania)|Pine Creek]] in [[Pennsylvania]], was later used by lumbermen, then its course was followed by a [[Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railway|railroad]], and today it is a [[Pine Creek Rail Trail|rail trail]] ''([[:Image:Pine Creek Rail Trail 2.JPG|pictured]])''? 
*... that  '''[[Congregation Beth Israel (Lebanon, Pennsylvania)|Congregation Beth Israel]]''', a [[conservative Judaism|Conservative]] [[synagogue]] in [[Lebanon, Pennsylvania]], was designed by [[Percival Goodman]] to mirror the barns of nearby [[Pennsylvania Dutch]] farmers?
*... that the '''[[Erie Gauge War]]''' in 1853 was nicknamed the "Peanut War" because its outcome affected the [[street vendor]]s who sold [[peanut]]s to travelers in [[Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie]], [[Pennsylvania]] the most?
*... that [[American Revolution]]ary war officer [[Anthony Wayne]]'s bones are buried at '''[[St. David's (Radnor) Episcopal Church|St. David's Episcopal Church]]''' in [[Pennsylvania]], while the rest of him is buried hundreds of miles away in [[Erie, Pennsylvania]]? 
*... that the [[plating|metal finishing]] on more than 10,000 [[Olympic flame|Olympic torches]] used in the torch relay for the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] was done by the '''[[Erie Plating Company]]'''?
*... that '''[[Frank W. Preston]]''' invented the [[furnace]] which made [[Corelle]] glassware possible and worked to establish [[Moraine State Park]] in [[Pennsylvania]]?
*... that the '''[[Millersburg Ferry]]''' ''([[:Image:Millersburg Ferry.jpg|pictured]])'' in [[Pennsylvania]] is the last ferry on the [[Susquehanna River]] and the last authentic wooden double stern-wheeled [[Paddle steamer|paddle boat]] operating in the United States?
*... that of the 30 [[covered bridge]]s that once stood in [[Sullivan County, Pennsylvania]], only '''[[Forksville Covered Bridge|Forksville]]''', '''[[Hillsgrove Covered Bridge|Hillsgrove]]''', and '''[[Sonestown Covered Bridge|Sonestown]]''' remain, all of which were built in 1850?
*... that the '''[[Franklin County Courthouse (Pennsylvania)|Franklin County Courthouse]]''' incorporates the walls and columns left after [[Confederate States Army|Confederate forces]] burned the previous courthouse during the [[American Civil War]]?
*... that the meandering '''[[Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad]]''' line took {{convert|77.2|mi|km|0}} to connect [[Baltimore, Maryland]] and [[York, Pennsylvania]] although the two cities are only {{convert|45|mi|km|0}} apart in a straight line? 
*... that despite being the first [[hot blast]] iron [[furnace]] in [[Centre County, Pennsylvania]], '''[[Bellefonte Furnace]]''' was idle for more than six of its first ten years of existence?
*... that the '''[[Pond Eddy Bridge]]''', built in 1904, is the only artery to access 22 homes in [[Pennsylvania]]?  
*... that, during a '''[[Fersommling]]''', the only language spoken is [[Pennsylvania German language|Pennsylvania Dutch]] and that anyone who speaks [[English language|English]] has to pay a fine for each word? 
*... that the 1852 '''[[Lombard Street Riot]]''' capped thirteen years of recurring racial violence in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]?
*... that the '''[[History of the Philadelphia Phillies|Philadelphia Phillies]]''' were the last of the original 16 [[Major League Baseball]] franchises to win the [[World Series]]? 
*... that '''[[prison contemplative programs]]''' like [[meditation]] were used in 19th century [[Pennsylvania]] as an early [[prison reform]]?  
*...that both [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]] refused to hand out '''[[street money]]''', a political tactic common in [[Philadelphia]], during the [[Pennsylvania Democratic primary, 2008|2008 Pennsylvania primary]]? 
*...that the '''[[Philadelphia Lazaretto]]''' is the oldest surviving quarantine hospital in the United States?
*... that '''[[Birely, Hillman & Streaker]]''' was the only [[Philadelphia]]n manufacturer of wooden ships to survive the post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] slump?
*...that when the [[YMCA]] of Berwick was incorporated in [[Pennsylvania]] in 1883, the majority of the organization's trustees were current executives of '''[[Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company]]'''?
*...that [[John Heisman]], namesake of the [[Heisman Trophy]], played for the '''[[Brown Bears]]''' before eventually transferring to the [[University of Pennsylvania]]? 
*...that '''[[Mid-State Regional Airport]]''' is a '''[[Keystone Opportunity Zone]]''' to promote economic growth, but, to protect the [[Pennsylvania]] state [[Black Moshannon State Park|park]] and [[Moshannon State Forest|forest]] ''([[:Image:Black Moshannon SP Bog .jpg|pictured]])'' it was formed from, cannot legally expand?
*...that the decision of a [[Province of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] provincial court in [[1764]], '''''[[The King v. Haas]]''''', is one of the first attempts to apply the [[writ of habeas corpus]] in the [[Thirteen Colonies]]?
*...that the {{convert|31|mi|km|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} '''[[West Rim Trail]]''' along the [[Pennsylvania Grand Canyon|Grand Canyon]] was selected by ''Outside Magazine'' as the best hike in [[Pennsylvania]]? 
*...that '''[[Black Moshannon State Park Historic Districts|six latrines]]''' at [[Black Moshannon State Park]] in [[Pennsylvania]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]?
*...that [[Oregon State University|Oregon State]] [[athletic director]] [[Percy Locey]] claimed that the [[Philadelphia Athletics]] stole '''[[John Leovich]]''' from the college, yet he ended up playing only one [[Major League Baseball|major league]] game?
*...that the '''''[[Intelligencer Journal]]''''' of [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]], established in 1796, is one of the oldest [[newspaper]]s in the [[United States]]?
*...that '''[[James Gwyn]]''' was awarded the rank of [[Brevet (military)|brèvet]] [[Major general (United States)|major general]] by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] in 1864?

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===New articles===
* [[James W. Hatch Archaeological Site]] - October 2024

==Divisions==
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==Related WikiProjects==
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===Child WikiProjects===
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Erie|WikiProject Erie]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lehigh Valley|WikiProject Lehigh Valley]]
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* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Philadelphia|WikiProject Philadelphia]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pittsburgh|WikiProject Pittsburgh]]

===Wikimedia Pennsylvania===
Hello there!

We are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: [[m:Wikimedia Pennsylvania|Wikimedia Pennsylvania]]. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can:
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