PennsylvaniaBy Nasere

Asbury Park Middle SchoolMs. Librizzi’s class

Source: World Book Online 2010

Pennsylvania Capital: Harrisburg Population:

12,281,054 Date of Statehood:

Dec.12,1787, it is the Second State

Pennsylvania State Game bird:

Ruffed grouse State flower:

Mountain laurel State tree: Hemlock

Lakes and Rivers

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 .