By Nasere Asbury Park Middle School Ms. Librizzi’s class Source: World Book Online 2010
Capital: Harrisburg Population: 12,281,054 Date of Statehood: Dec.12,1787, it is the Second State
State Game bird: Ruffed grouse State flower: Mountain laurel State tree: Hemlock
Ohio Lake Susquehanna River Allegheny River Source: World Book Online 2010
Downtown Pittsburgh lies between the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. Pittsburgh is the state's second- largest city. Source World Book Online 2010
Water cascades down the rocks in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Philadelphia's City Hall, center, ranks as one of the largest city halls in the United States. It covers about four square blocks. Skyscrapers and a wide plaza nearby occupy Penn Center, a bank and office complex that has become a landmark of Philadelphia's urban renewal program.