Pennsylvania Icons Exhibit
James Vaughan gave a tour of the “Pennsylvania Icons” exhibit at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. The exhibit features over 350 items that show the state’s role in the growth of the country. Mr. Vaughan showed objects from Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown, the Whiskey Rebellion, and Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
Description
James Vaughan gave a tour of the “Pennsylvania Icons” exhibit at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. The exhibit features over 350 items that show the state’s role in the growth of the country. Mr. Vaughan showed objects from Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown, the Whiskey Rebellion, and Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- How did the French and Indian War affect U.S. relations with England?
- What is significant about the collection of war flags?
- Why did the whiskey tax upset Pennsylvanian farmers?
Participants
Vocabulary
- Declaration Of Independence
- Fort Pitt
- French And Indian War
- Gettysburg Address
- Independence Hall
- Whiskey Rebellion
- William Penn
- Yorktown