Where brave men fought the foe（反对者，敌人）of freedom，
Tyranny（暴政，苛政）decried（谴责），
’Til the bell of independence filled the countryside．
CHORUS
Pennsylvania，Pennsylvania，
May your future be filled with honor everlasting
（永恒的，持久的）as your history．
Pennsylvania，Pennsylvania，
Blessed by God’s own hand，
Birthplace of a mighty nation，
Keystone of the land．
Where first our country’s flag unfolded，
Freedom to proclaim，
May the voices of tomorrow glorify your name．
CHORUS
Pennsylvania，Pennsylvania，
May your future be filled with honor everlasting as your history．
Facts and Trivia相关资料
1．Pennsylvania is the first state of the fifty United States to list their web site URL on a license plate．
2．In 1909the first baseball stadium was built in Pittsburgh（匹兹堡（美国宾西法尼亚州西南部城市，是美国的钢铁工业中心））．
3．Hershey is considered the Chocolate Capital of the United States．
4．In 1913the first automobile service station opened in Pittsburgh．
5．In 1946Philadelphia became home to the first computer．
6．Bob Hoffman of York is hailed the world round as the Father of Weightlifting．Hoffman started York Barbell（一种运动器械，杠铃）Corp．in 1932and preached the gospel（〈俗〉信仰，真理）of physical fitness throughout his life as an U．S．Olympic coach，businessman and philanthropist（慈善家）．
7．The first daily newspaper was published in Philadelphia on Sept．21，1784．
8．Philadelphia saw the first Zoological garden（动物园）in July 1874．
9．Drake Well Museum in Titusville is on the site where Edwin L．Drake drilled the world’s first oil well in 1859and launched the modern petroleum industry（石油工业）．
10．In Hazleton，there is a law on the books that prohibits a person from sipping a carbonated drink while lecturing students in a school auditorium（〈美〉会堂，礼堂）．
11．In Philadelphia in 1775Johann Behrent built the first piano in America calling it under the name “Piano Forte．”
12．Philadelphia is the site of the first presidential mansion（大厦，官邸）．
13．Betsy Ross made the first American flag in Philadelphia．
14．“Doctor，if you don’t give me something to help me breathe，I’m going to stop！”came the urgent cry of 16－year old Frederick Gable of Loganville．Vowing not to lose another patient to pneumonia（［医］肺炎），Dr．George Holtzapple successfully created the first application of oxygen，thus saving his patient’s life and winning international fame through his discovery．The year was 1885．
15．Stewartstown hired its first police officer in 1876．He was also the town lamp lighter．
16．Philadelphia is home to the cheesesteak sandwich，water ice，soft pretzels（一种脆饼干），and Tasty Kakes．
17．The Rockville Bridge in Harrisburg（哈里斯堡［美国宾夕法尼亚州首府］）is the longest stone arch bridge（石拱桥）in the world．
18．Kennett Square is known as the Mushroom Capital of the World．
19．The town of Franklin became a center for worldwide oil production following Colonel（陆军上校，团长）Edwin Drake’s discovery of oil in nearby Titusville．
20．The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia in 1776．
21．KDKA radio in Pittsburgh produced the first commercial radio broadcast．
22．Philadelphia is home to the Liberty Bell．
23．Each year on Christmas day the “Crossing of the Delaware”is reenacted at Washington Crossing．
24．The Liberty Tunnel in Pittsburgh opened in 1924．At that time the 5，700foot facility was the longest artificially ventilated（通风）automobile tunnel in the world．
25．Pennsylvania is the only original colony not bordered by the Atlantic Ocean．
26．Benjamin Franklin founded the Philadelphia Zoo，the first public zoo in the United States．
27．Indiana County is the Christmas Tree capital of the world．
28．Actor Jimmy Stewart was born and raised in the town of Indiana．Each year at Christmas the downtown area is decorated in the theme of the film “It’s a Wonderful Life”．
29．Pittsburgh is famous for manufacturing steel．Its professional football team is named the Pittsburgh Steelers．
30．Fairmount Park in Philadelphia is the largest city park with over 8，000acres．
31．Pittsburgh has over 300sets of city maintained steps．If they were stacked on top of each other，they would reach over 26，000feet high．They would measure higher than a lot of the Himalayan（喜玛拉雅的）Mountains．
32．Little League Baseball’s first World Series was held in 1946in Williamsport．
33．Nazareth（（巴勒斯坦地区北部古城）拿撒勒）is the home of Martin guitars．Finger picking good since 1833．
34．The State College Area High School was the first school in the country to teach drivers education in 1958．
35．Philadelphia was once the United States capital city．
36．Originally Bellefonte，a town now with a population of 5，000，was once considered to be Pennsylvania’s capital．But Harrisburg was chosen because of the easy navigation on the Susquehanna River．
37．The first coal festival was held 201years after the establishment of “Peter’s Camp”on Memorial weekend 1993in Blossburg．
38．The oldest stone railroad bridge in use in Pennsylvania is the Starrucca Viaduct（高架桥）that crosses PA Route 171north of Lanesboro in Susquehanna County．
39．In June 1778，a 700wagon caravan（旅行队）escorted the Liberty Bell on its return to Philadelphia from Allentown along Towamencin’s Allentown Road．Nine months earlier，when British troops threatened to capture the city，the bell had been whisked（飞奔）into hiding via the same route．
40．The Shenango River Dam near Sharpsville is a concrete gravity dam（重力坝）with an uncontrolled center spillway（溢洪道，泄洪道）．The roadway crossing the top of the dam，over the spillway is nearly 68feet above the streambed．The dam has a top length of 720feet with a base width of 66feet．
41．At the Moravian Pottery &Tile Works in Doylestown handmade tiles（瓦片，瓷砖）are still produced in a manner similar to that developed by the potter’s founder and builder，Henry Chapman Mercer．
42．The Borough of Kane is known as the Black Cherry Capital of the World．
43．George G．Blaisdell founded Zippo Manufacturing of Bradford in late 1932．He started with a simple idea：create a product that answers a real need，design it to work，and guarantee it to last．
