US Geography – Pennsylvania

If you have access to Hoopla through your public library, you may watch this hour-long public television documentary on Pennsylvania from Discoveries … America.

Enjoy this vintage illustrated map of Pennsylvania (1946) by Jacques Liozu.

Poems about Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892), the beginning verses of A Pennsylvania Pilgrim

Crossing the Alleghanies by John Kirke Paulding (1779–1860)

The Brandywine by Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834)

To the Brandywine by Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)

The Hive at Gettysburg by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

Lincoln at Gettysburg by Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)

John Burns of Gettysburg by Bret Harte (1836–1902)

The Lehigh by Augusta Moore

The Perkiomen by Isaac R. Pennypacker (1852–1935)

Philadelphia by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)

The Meschianza by Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)

Battle of the Kegs by Francis Hopkinson (1737–1791)

The Little Black-Eyed Rebel by William Carleton (1845–1912)

Pewter Platter Alley by Philip Freneau (1752–1832)

Laurel Hill by Sallie Bridges

The Burial-Place at Laurel Hill by Willis Gaylord Clark (1808–1841)

Chalkley Hall by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

The Centennial, July 4, 1876 by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1838–1916)

Pittsburg by James Kibble Paulding (1779–1860)

The Old Church by Isaac R. Pennypacker (1852–1935)

Valley Forge by Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)

Lake Wyalusing by William Henry Cuyler Hosmer (1814–1877)

Wyoming by Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)

Wyoming by Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)

The Wyeth Family – Pennsylvania Artists

N. C. Wyeth was the student of Howard Pyle (see US Geography – Delaware). Andrew Wyeth was the son of N. C. Wyeth.

Collection of art by N. C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and other members of the Wyeth family at the Brandeywine River Museum in Chadd’s FordAn online catalogue raisonné of N. C. Wyeth’s workAn interview with Andrew Wyeth

Videos

Visit Hershey & Harrisburg’s Video – The Pennsylvania State Capitol Building

Visit Pittsburgh’s Video – Only in Pittsburgh Playlist

The Elle Living Youtube Channel features many great videos about Lancaster County, where many Amish live, including A Private Tour of an Amish Farm.

Catholic Philadelphia

SPQN’s Video – The Philadelphia Nativist Riots of 1844 – American Catholic History

PhillyVisions’s Video – The Catholic Shrines of Philadelphia

CatholicPhilly’s Video – Philadelphia Cathedral Basilica Video Tour

Urban Trinity: The Story of Catholic Philadelphia’s Video Series – The Faithful Traveler