It’s Great to Be a Fan in Pennsylvania

It’s Great to Be a Fan in Pennsylvania — page 3
It locks the other pieces of the arch in place Pennsylvania’s location and important role in building the United States earned it the nickname The Pennsylvania colony was founded in 1682 The king of England gave the land to Englishman William Penn even though the region had been home to various American Indian tribes for thousands of years Penn treated the native people fairly and had good relations with them unlike the leaders in many other North American colonies But as time went on Pennsylvania’s leaders treated American Indians just as poorly as the leaders of other colonies had It was Penn who also founded and named Pennsylvania’s capital city He called it Philadelphia In Greek the word philos means love and adelphos means brother This is where Philadelphia gets its nickname of the City 6