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Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter – Summer 2026

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Aug 13, 2026 in | Comments Off Topics in the Summer 2026 Newsletter: PHF, PHMC Join Carpenters’ Hall in Commemorating PA Provincial Conference PHF at Philadelphia Flower Show Second Annual Virtual 5K PHF Announces New Board Members Summer-2026-PHF-Newsletter...
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A Radical Shift: Pennsylvania’s Constitution of 1776

Posted by Lorett Treese on Aug 13, 2026 in | Comments Off “Our form of government still continues, but I think it cannot last long,” John Penn (1729–95) wrote to his family in England in October of 1775. The grandson of William Penn, John Penn was serving as governor of Pennsylvania. For some time, he had been observing changes in the attitudes of Pennsylvania residents regarding their relationship with the mother country. In June of 1774, he had...
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The Consequences of the American Revolution in Pennsylvania

Posted by Roland Baumann on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off One of the more interesting and controversial aspects of the American Revolution concerns its consequences upon colonial institutions and society in general. Was the society left almost unchanged by a movement fundamentally conservative in its causes, or was it profoundly altered by a revolution radical in its results, if not in its origins? Specifically, what happened to the society of...
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James Wilson, Forgotten Founding Father

Posted by Wayne Trotta on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off Carlisle buzzed that night with festivities. On the streets of the usually quiet little Cumberland County town bonfires blazed while spirited political speeches rang out on every corner, all in celebration of Pennsylvania’s vote to ratify the new Constitution of the United States. The Federalists had finally won their cause, and it was time to savor the victory. But not everyone was in a...
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