;USA-Pennsylvania PA
;Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
;capital: Harrisburg
;Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4

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COMMENT=Updated Fberuary 15, 2016

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Es-2Dy =Good Friday*
14.6.*LUX>1936 =#1936th Flag Day ;Note=1st 1937, May 7, 1937 (Act No. 155), only state where Flag Day is a state holiday {d}
01.11.%1980,2+1Mo+1Tu =Election Day (Federal, even years) ;Note=Tuesday after the 1st Monday November, all Representatives & 1/3 of the Senate {m}


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;yearly days - observances

Es-7Tu =Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Deitscherei), Fastnacht Day ;Note=also spelled Fasnacht, Fausnacht, Fauschnaut, or Fosnacht

30.1.  =Pennsylvanians with Disabilities Day*
15.2.>2010 =Philadelphia, #2010th Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer (ENIAC) Day** ;Note=1st 2011, Resolution No. 110062 Council of the City of Philadelphia (Feb. 10, 2011) {d}
16.2.  =Lithuanian Independence Day*
14.3.  =Pennsylvania Charter Day* ;Note=1681 Commonwealth of Pennyslvania founded {d}
21.3.  =Bird Day*
15.4.  =Local Government Day*
30.4.-1Fr =Pennsylvania Arbor Day* ;Note=last Friday April {m}
01.5.+1Th =Commonwealth Day of Prayer & Celebration of Religious Freedom* ;Note=1st Thursday May
01.5.+1Su+1Sa =1st day Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges Week (9d)*   ;Note=1st Saturday after 1st Sunday May >3rd Sunday May
01.5.+3Su     =9th & last day Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges Week* ;Note=1st Saturday after 1st Sunday May >3rd Sunday May
01.5.  =American Loyalty Day*
10.5.  =Confederate Memorial Day ;Note={d}
15.5.  =Police Officers Memorial Day*
27.5.  =Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. Day*
27.5.  =Rachel Carson Day*
28.6.  =Pennsylvania German Day*
01.9.+3Fr =Pennsylvania POW/MIA Recognition Day* ;Note=3rd Friday September
13.9.  =Commodore John Barry Day*
14.9.  =National Anthem Day*
24.9.>1733 =Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Deitscherei), #1733th Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving (Gedaechtnisz Tag)* ;Note=1st 1734 {d}
01.10.+3Su =Shut-In Day*          ;Note=3rd Sunday October
24.10. =William Penn's Birthday*
12.12. =Pennsylvania Ratification Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1787 {d}


;(remembrance) dates by year
;(French 1682–1762/63, British 1763-) Louisiana territory contained northwest of present-day Pennsylvania
;British Thirteen North American colonies, Middle Colonies, Province of Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania

15.9.  =New Sweden incorporated into New Netherlands #1655 years ago* ;Note=1655, parts of present-day Delaware, New Jersey & Pennsylvania {d}
04.3.  =(OS) colony of Pennyslvania founded #1681 years ago* ;Note=1681, March 14 Greg. (NS) {d}
14.3.  =(NS) colony of Pennyslvania founded #1681 years ago* ;Note=1681, March 4 Jul. (OS) {d}
27.10. =Philadelphia founded #1682 years ago* ;Note=1682 {d}
06.10. =founding day Germantown #1683 years ago* ;Note=1683, 1st German settlement in the original 13 American colonies {d}
07.5.  =Province of New York >Dominion of New England #1688 years ago* ;Note=1688, >May 18, 1689, present states New York, New Jersey, Delaware & Vermont, portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts & Maine, eastern Pennsylvania {d}
18.5.  =Dominion of New England collapsed #1689 years ago* ;Note=1689, Governor in Chief Edmund Andros arrested {d}
12.2.  =Philadelphia, 1st public school American Colonies #1698 years ago* ;Note=1698, incorporated by the provincial council {d}
19.7.  =(OS) Albany, Iroquois cede their Beaver Hunting Ground to the English King #1701 years ago* {d} ;Note=1701, Nanfan Treaty, Sept. 2, 1752 Greg. cal. (NS), ratified Sept. 14, 1726, present day USA states: Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, North-West Pennsylvania, West New York, South-East Illinois {d}
25.10. =Philadelphia incorporated #1701 years ago* ;Note=1701, founded Oct. 27, 1682 {d}
25.5.  =London, signing peace agreement colonies Pennsylvania & Maryland #1738 years ago* ;Note=1738, end Conojucular/Cresap's War, provisional boundary {d}
18.6.  =Conference of Committees Pennsylvania approves independence United Colonies #1776 years ago* ;Note=1776 {d}
05.3.  =Pennsylvania's General Assembly ratifies Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, off. signature July 9, 1778 {d}
09.7.  =Philadelphia PA, delegates Pennsylvania signed Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, ratification March 5, 1778 {d}
01.3.  =Pennsylvania abolished slavery #1780 years ago* ;Note=1780, for new-borns only {d}
17.7.  =Bank of Pennsylvania est. #1780 years ago* ;Note=1780, Jan. 4, 1781 >Bank of North America, re-established 1793>1857 {d}
12.12. =Pennsylvania off. ratifies US Constitution #1787 years ago (2nd state) ;Note=1787, Vote 46-23 {d}
31.7.  =Philadelphia, cornerstone 1st Mint #1792 years ago* ;Note=1792, then nation's capital, Ye Olde Mint, 1st public building erected by the US government {d}
;1792, 1st known keep-right law in the United States was enacted in Pennsylvania (turnpike Lancaster-Philadelphia)
21.1.  =Philadelphia, 1st US public water works opened #1801 years ago* ;Note=1801, Philadelphia Water Works {d}
;1804, 1st State to prescribe right hand travel on all public highways
22.5.  =Philadelphia, 1st fruit-flavored carbonated drink sold #1807 years ago (>soft drink)* ;Note=1807, Neophyte Julep, Townsend Speakman {d}
25.11. =Philadelphia-New Theatre, 1e US theater illuminated by gas #1816 years ago* ;Note=1816, 1st foyer Sept. 11, 1815 Theatre Royal (London) {d}
15.6.  =Seven Valleys, 1st ice-cream factory #1851 years ago* ;Note=1851, Jacob Fussell {d}
27.8.  =Titusville, 1st US productive oil well for commercial use drilled #1859 years ago* ;Note=1859, Edwin L. Drake {d}
03.2.  =Pennsylvania ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 6th state {d}
01.7.  =Open. Philadelphia Zoological Garden #1874 years ago (1st US Zoo) ;Note=1874, chartered March 21, 1859, delayed by Civil War {d}
04.5.  =Oil City, 1st Bird Day #1894 years ago* ;Note=1894, Charles Babcock, 1st US holiday dedicated to the celebration of birds {d}
13.6.  =Flag of Pennsylvania standardized #1907 years ago* ;Note=1907 {d}
07.5.  =Pennsylvania, act Flag Day (June 14) >legal holiday #1937 years ago* ;Note=1937, Act No. 155, only US State {d}
01.7.  =West Chester State College >West Chester university of Pennsylvania #1983 years ago* ;Note=1983, 1812 West Chester Academy {d}


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;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 179