Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania History and Symbols
Pennsylvania shares with Virginia, Kentucky and Massachusetts the designation "Commonwealth." The word is of English derivation and refers to the common "weal" or well-being of the public.
www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/pahist/symbols.asp?secid=31

State Symbols - The Keystone State
A "keystone" is a central, wedge-shaped stone which holds all the other stones of a structure in place to form an arch.
www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/VC/visitor_info/hello_pennsylvania/symbols.htm

Pennsylvania - Fotw
Description of Flag, Coat of Arms, Governor's Flag, Bicentennial Flag, Firefighters Memorial Flag, State Military Crest.
www.fotw.us/flags/us-pa.html

Pennsylvania - wikipedia.org
One of Pennsylvania's nicknames is the Quaker State; in colonial times, it was known officially as the Quaker Province.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania