How to recognise Pennsylvania on a map 

(Pronounced pen-suhl-veyn-yuh)

Pennsylvania's outline looks like a pack of pencils and the Declaration of Independence.

To remember the appearance and location of the US state Pennsylvania on a map, use the following mnemonic:

They had a pencil mania (Pennsylvania), so they wrote the Declaration of Independence in pencil first.

NOTE:

Pennsylvania is known as the Keystone State. Three historical documents were executed in Pennsylvania: the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.