Thank you, Pennsylvania!
Enjoy the many splendors of Pennsylvania!
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hershey Park
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's beautiful countryside
Amish country
Single Distlefink
The Distlefink was considered a good luck symbol.
The bird portrayed is a goldfinch which eats thistle.
The bird also uses thistle as nesting material and was
known as a thistlefinch or Distelfink as called by
early Pennsylvania settlers. Pennsylvania Germans
painted decorations such as the Single Distlefink shown
above on furniture, household items and barns.
Double Distlefink: for an extra measure of good fortune.
The Distlefink was considered a good luck symbol.
The Trinity tulips stand for faith and the ocean waves
portrayed in the scalloped border is a symbolic wish
for all to have smooth sailing throughout life.
Items were commonly decorated with colorful designs
by German Lutheran and Reformed settlers of Eastern
Pennsylvania.
Capitol Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennyslvania
The Boone Homestead
Near Reading, Pennsylvania
Originally built as one room log cabin in 1730 Daniel Boone was born in the log cabin in 1734
The Boone Farm
Daniel Boone's parents first settled the site in 1730 and the region was populated by many diverse people-- English, Welsh, Scots-Irish, Germans, Swedes, Huguenots and Lenape Indians. Daniel was born here in 1734 and spent his first 16 years here before his family migrated to North Carolina.
The Boone House
Fireplace for cooking
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