Once upon of time the biggest immigrant group to Philadelphia was from Germany.

That was definitely the case for York & Red Lion, P.A. York until 25 years ago was still dominately German. The names of locations still show the original influence of England. Our township is: Springettsbury. York for York, England. Red Lion was dominated by Scotch/Irish. The streets still have the Red Lion (Red and yellow) street signs.

Philly is a melting pot, upper Darby havertown and Broomall are predominantly Irish German and Italian still. Not to mention the US Marine Corps was born in Tun Tavern in philly. I’m a landscaper and I always wondered why the Mexicans treated me well (not just because I work as hard as they do) but I found out a lot of Irish immigrants during the Spanish American war changed sides because they were in technicalities fighting for the British Protestant and they were catholic fighting Catholic, they all came back home to philly with wives from Mexico. Guy I worked with explained it to me and I was so dumbfounded I had to look it up and the next day there was bottle of Jameson with the Irish and Mexican flag on it in my truck. There’s too much history here to be explained in 13 minutes

Sheetz all the way! They originated in my home city of Altoona

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no one should really be debating it, because Wawa sucks

Rutter’s is getting involved and having their say

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yea he didn't even mention Pittsburgh, even when talking about steel 😒

​@@benbordogna6913 Or Erie, skipping over the War of 1812. Someone else mentioned how the video could have spared a sentence for the Scots-Irish settlement. I'd argue also the Great Wagon Road and Conestoga trails west. And it could have mentioned how the Lancaster region is America largest unirrigated farmland area. Other than these, it seemed OK.

@@benbordogna6913 And while showing pictures of the Fort Pitt Museum and Pittsburgh Stock Exchange, while saying they are in Philadelphia. Guess he didn't realize that they are on opposite sides of the state, about a 6-hour drive.

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The King actually named it for Penn's father.

Guess I’ve gotta take a quick trip up there, this summer.

@@wetwillyis_1881 When you go to Pennsic, it's best to stay at least for the entire final week of the event.

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Penns Woods never heard of Penns forest but …ok.

@@user-fj7vm9fz2h It's called the "Pennsic War" located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania at Coopers Lake Campground. It takes place from July 26 to August 11 this (2024) summer.

First US lending library, first US hospital, first US art school, first US municipal water, first US university, first US zoo, first World's Fair, first US stock exchange, first US mint, first computer...

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And misspelled Pittsburgh too

@@user-et5nk2ib1gPittsburgh has used -burg and -burgh at different points in its history. Whether this was a misspelling would depend when he was referencing lol

yeh, by about 6 hours by car. And very different vibe and people inhabit the NW Pittsburgh and the SE Philadelphia.

And the first beer brewery in North America: Yuengling!

Yeah, the world's addiction to energy dense liquid crude began right here, in the great state of Pennsylvania

Exactly! I was born and raised in Titusville, PA

@@JohnLVromanNice. I'm from Meadville.

@@ericbonanno5214 Small world, pretty sure I went to MASH with you, Eric.. For real though, no love for Western PA in this video!

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Our dutch conspirators played an massive involvement! 😂

They made a statue of the Quaker Oats guy & put him on top of Independence Hall. They really love Quaker Oats in Philly...

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If I remember correctly Connecticut or Rhode Island once claimed the land in western Pennsylvania and so did Virginia. Colonies didn't care too much about geography.

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The western part of Pennsylvania has everything needed for life. Farmland, abundant water, abundant energy (natural gas and coal with still a little bit of crude oil).

We could not function as a stand alone country. We do have the resources yes, but not enough of them to provide for the number of people living in the state.

We would need to build a wall, a great wall around Philly and Pittsburgh and all would be good.

Actually, that's what the name means

@@derrickstorm6976 I know, that's my point.

​@@davea6314then why not explain the roots of Philo and delphi

yeah but I wouldn't count on much brotherly love when you go there.

​@@frankbixler5076Unfortunately, that is true in the 21st century.

West side of the state falls in the “rust belt” so we tend to receive little attention outside of Pittsburgh lol.

Yes it pretty much left WPA out of the video, or attribute things to EPA that should be WPA. Case in point: the Whiskey Rebellion took place in Allegheny and Washington Counties. This video makes it seem like it was in Philly. Pittsburgh doesn’t even get a marker on the map. There are cities out side of the commonwealth that have markers and the video isn’t even about their states. Pittsburgh got dissed bad in this video.

Lots of mentions about Pittsburgh related things without pointing out they happened there

Philadelphia was a cultural hub while Pittsburgh was an industrial hub.

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Does Penn state ring a bell?

Then kindly tell us, exactly, what the difference is between a commonwealth and a state?

Then why are there 50 states explain that

@@jasonjimerson7046 It has to do with how governmental power is distributed amongst municipalities.

@@chasethefloridaman4887 there aren't. There's 46 states and 4 commonwealths.

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You can call it either. It is a Commonwealth state, as opposed to a non-state Commonwealth, like Puerto Rico.

True, but it's just a name. Commonwealth is no different from a State in terms of its relation to the government or nation as a whole.

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If only more of our species beloved as such

As a yinzer I think this video is bad. So much is left out and so much is wrong.

Pittsburgh - butthurt about playing second-fiddle to Philadelphia since 1760.

@@deansch6089 Not even second fiddle. By the 1860s I would argue the center of importance in the state was Pittsburgh due to the heavy industry in the area

Definitely agree with you on things. I was also hopeful my home city of Altoona would be mentioned as the railroad was huge here and the horseshoe curve linked east and west PA and was considered an engineering marvel. Steel, oil, coal and especially the railroad shouldve been mentioned. It would've been cool if he mentioned the canal system as well

​@@deansch6089Uh, no. Never.

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You really need a hobby or a job bud - you post more than a 13 yo girl lol.

We also pronounce it, 'Muh•non•guh•hell•uh.'

Interesting.

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So is Lucifer , which is why he shines and glistens , only gay folk shine like queers

So is Lucifer

Along with Satan and his brood of legions

The Spartans were all male lovers who galvanized the passion of battle

It's bigger than you would think when driving through it but quick on the train from new York to Philly but very dirty city idk wats up with the money they get for clean up, my city in Massachusetts every one cleans up the area of the street in front of where they live no matter if it is rented but now sooo many immigrants n ppl from big cities moved in cuz of rich ppl buying up land n making project houses basically, I was shocked in the 90s when in Manhattan I saw a poster on a telephone pole saying to move to my city n all the benefits from the state so basically new York wanted to get rid of their undesirables n it worked a lil not anything to change new York but enough to turn my city into a ever growing sh* hole but we don't want to abandon the city cuz it'll lead it to be worse but more n more are giving up n I can't blame them , when I was a kid I was all for staying but you gotta know when to jump off the sinking ship

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Though in the later times many Germans had to Anglicize their surname and were prohibited to speak English (especially during WW1).

In the late 70s, I was with a group of Girl Scouts hiking in the Alleghenies, and I found a small rock - about 1” x 1” - with a small but distinct scallop shell impression. I was about 10 yrs old, and still have that little treasure!

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Tennessee was Confederate, not Kentucky.

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I see blankets of clam shell fossils here in nw pa

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theyre opening one in middletown also, next to the sheetz

@@173nellie I go to that area just for the Sharp Shopper lol.

Thank you! If I didnt see someone mention that I was going to. I live in Altoona so I was a bit disappointed lol

Define "a lot." They barely got to the outskirts of Harrisburg before being forced to turn back south to meet the advancing Army of the Potomac.

I believe spys for,the Confederate Army made it as far north as Mechanicsburg, PA....just a few miles from Harrisburg

@@buttonvalley Why was bridge burnt going across the Susquehanna river at Wrightsville ?? ,,, & Johnny Reb helped Put Out a town fire too.

@@johnjacobs1625 I wouldn't consider Wrightsville "a lot farther north than Gettysburg." Your definition of "a lot" is different than mine.

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They are all commonwealths

This.

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Confederates held Mechanicsburg for about 10 minutes.

@@richardbarber462 "By mid-June 1863, communities in Cumberland County knew the Confederate Army was approaching. Residents began to flee to relative safety across the Susquehanna River. Freight cars came from Harrisburg to help move goods out of reach of the Rebels. On June 28, two Confederate scouts on horseback arrived at the home of Burgess (Mayor) George Hummel. Threatened with bombardment, Hummel had no choice but to surrender the town. Between 700 and 800 cavalrymen soon rode through Mechanicsburg's streets, encamping a mile east. Their commanding officer, Brigadier General Albert Jenkins, demanded that the townspeople deliver 1,500 rations to the town hall within 90 minutes. Mechanicsburg residents provided the food, for which they received Confederate scrip. During their two-day occupation, the Confederates tore up railroad tracks and skirmished with Federals just east of town. Jenkins had captured Mechanicsburg to reconnoiter the approaches to the state capital just eight miles away. Jenkins and his superior, Lieutenant General Richard Ewell, hoped to capture Harrisburg, but before they could act on those plans General Robert E. Lee ordered his troops to concentrate near Gettysburg. Mechanicsburg, free once more, went down in history as the northernmost town to surrender formally to the Confederacy." From the Historical Marker Database (hmdb.org), from a marker placed in Mechanicsburg, PA. While not as important as Gettysburg, Mechanicsburg is still the northernmost town held by the Confederates. And I'd say two days is a bit longer than 10 minutes.