Commander and Chief Trump returns to
Butler, PA
This is after the shooting and assassination attempt on his life in the same area.

Donald Trump full speech at Pennsylvania rally (October 5, 2024)

NUMBERS Are Important and key.
Held on 10.5
which in radio comms means
Relay Message

Some things to note that I have covered in prior years concerning the Great State of Pennsylvania

• Elevation is 1100 feet
• Fifth most populous state
• founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake.
• Prior to that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden, a Swedish Empire colony. Established as a haven for religious and political tolerance.
• the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania was known for its relatively peaceful relations with native tribes.
• Pennsylvania played a vital and historic role in the American Revolution and the ultimately successful quest for independence from the British Empire, hosting the First and Second Continental Congress.
• leading to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the formation of the Continental Army.
• The bloodiest battle of the American Civil War, at Gettysburg over three days in July 1863, proved the war's turning point, leading to the Union's preservation.

• Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, the state's manufacturing-based economy contributed to the development of much of the nation's early infrastructure, including key bridges, skyscrapers, and military hardware used in U.S.-led victories in World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.
• close to 60% of the state is forested.
  While it has no ocean shoreline
• it has 140 miles (225 km) of waterfront along Lake Erie and the tidal Delaware River.
• PA is highly diverse.
• The Appalachian Mountains run through the center of the state
• the Allegheny and Pocono mountains span much of Northeastern Pennsylvania
• The state is the 33rd-largest by area.
• The second-largest metropolitan area

Interesting to note,

On February 28, 1681, Charles II granted a land charter[36] to Quaker leader William Penn to repay a debt of £16,000(around £2,100,000 in 2008
adjusting for retail inflation) owed to William's father.
The transaction represents one of the largest land grants to an individual in history.
Penn proposed that the land be called New Wales, but there were objections to that name, so he recommended Sylvania (from the Latin silva: "forest, woods").
The King named it Pennsylvania (literally "Penn's Woods") in honor of Admiral Penn.
The younger Penn was embarrassed at this name, fearing that people would think he had named it after himself, but King Charles would not rename the grant.
Penn established a government with two innovations that were much copied in the New World: the county commission and freedom of religious conviction.

Penn signed a peace treaty with Tamanend, leader of the Lenape, which began a long period of friendly relations between the Quakers and the Indians.
Additional treaties between Quakers and other tribes followed. The treaty of William Penn was never violated.

The Colony issued bills of credit, which were as good as gold or silver coins because of their legal tender status.
Since they were issued by the government and not a banking institution, it was an interest free proposition, largely defraying the expense of the government and therefore taxation of the people.
It also promoted general employment and prosperity, since the government used discretion and did not issue excessive amounts that inflated the currency.
Benjamin Franklin had a hand in creating this currency.

• The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia was founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1740, becoming one of the nine colonial colleges and the first college established in the state and one of the first in the nation.
  Today, it is an Ivy League university that is ranked one the world's best universities.

• John Dickinson of Philadelphia wrote the Declaration of Rights and Grievances.

• The Congress was the first meeting of the Thirteen Colonies, called at the request of the Massachusetts assembly, but only nine of the 13 colonies sent delegates.

• the Constitution was written, and Philadelphia was once again chosen to be cradle to the new nation.

• The Constitution was drafted and signed at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, now known as Independence Hall, the same building where the Declaration of Independence was previously adopted and signed in 1776.

• Pennsylvania was the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

• Because a third of Pennsylvania's population spoke German, the Constitution was presented in German so those citizens could participate in the discussion about it.

Industry

• The post-Civil War era, known as the Gilded Age, saw the continued rise of industry in Pennsylvania.

• Pennsylvania was home to some of the largest steel companies in the world.

• Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Steel Company in Pittsburgh

• Charles M. Schwab founded Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem. * Other titans of industry, including John D. Rockefeller and Jay Gould, also operated in Pennsylvania.

• In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. oil industry was born in Western Pennsylvania, which supplied the vast majority of kerosene for years thereafter.

• As the Pennsylvania oil rush developed, Pennsylvania's oil boom towns, such as Titusville, rose and later fell.

• Coal mining, primarily in the state's Coal Region in the northeast region of the state, also was a major industry for much of the 19th and 20th centuries.

• In 1903, Milton S. Hershey began construction on a chocolate factory in Hershey, Pennsylvania

• The Hershey Company grew to become the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America.

• Heinz Company was also founded during this period.

• These huge companies exercised a large influence on the politics of Pennsylvania; as Henry Demarest Lloyd put it, oil baron John D. Rockefeller "had done everything with the Pennsylvania legislature except refine it".

• Pennsylvania created a Department of Highways and engaged in a vast program of road-building, while railroads continued to see heavy usage.

• The growth of industry eventually provided middle class incomes to working-class households after the development of labor unions helped them gain living wages.

• However, the rise of unions also led to a rise of union busting with several private police forces springing up.

• Pennsylvania was the location of the first documented organized strike in North America, and Pennsylvania was the location of two hugely prominent strikes

• the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 and the Coal Strike of 1902. * The eight-hour day was eventually adopted, and the coal and iron police were banned.

• The Three Mile Island accident was the most significant nuclear accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.

• The state was hard-hit by the decline and restructuring of the steel industry and other heavy industries during the late 20th century.

• With job losses came heavy population losses, especially in the state's largest cities.

• Further information: Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and United Airlines Flight 93

The Stonycreek Township crash site of Flight 93, one of four planes hijacked in the September 11 attacks; the site is now a national memorial.

• Flight 93 passengers wrestled with al-Qaeda terrorist hijackers for control of the plane, preventing it from being flown into the White House or U.S. Capitol.

• During the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, the small town of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, received worldwide attention after United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field in Stonycreek Township, located 1.75 miles (2.82 km) north of the town.

• All 40 civilians and 4 Al-Qaeda hijackers on board were killed.

• The hijackers had intended to crash the plane into either the United States Capitol or The White House.

• After learning from family members via air phone of the earlier attacks on the World Trade Center, however, Flight 93's passengers revolted against the hijackers and fought for control of the plane, causing it to crash.

• It was the only one of the four aircraft hijacked that day that never reached its intended target and the heroism of the passengers has been commemorated.

On July 13, 2024, near Butler, Pennsylvania, an assassination attempt on the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump occurred.

I had the opportunity to visit and walk these grounds and other locations in Butler, PA myself!
Quite interesting.
Things have picked up for family, business, house issues [like sink almost falling through and storm debris cleanup] also neighborhood issues like a power driven HOA so have not gotten the footage up yet.
Quite interesting along with the Tesla Biohealing center there in PA and what I found in the woods behind it!

I will get that footage up as soon as I am able between other obligations.

More interesting key info on PA

• Of the original Thirteen Colonies, Pennsylvania is the only state that does not border the Atlantic Ocean.

Pennsylvania German, spoken by nearly one percent of Pennsylvania's population as of 2010, is often misleadingly called Pennsylvania Dutch.

• The term Dutch was used to mean German, including the Netherlands, before the Latin name for them replaced it.

• When referring to the language spoken by the Pennsylvania Dutch people, Pennsylvania German, it means German.

• In fact, Germans, in their own language, call themselves Deutsch, (Pennsylvania German: "Deitsch").

• Pennsylvania German is still very vigorous as a first language among Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonites, principally in the Lancaster County and Berks County areas; it is almost extinct as an everyday language outside the plain communities, though a few words have passed into English usage.

• Of the original Thirteen Colonies, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island had the most religious freedom.

• The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture worked with private companies to establish "PA Preferred" as a way to brand agricultural products grown or made in the state.

• Pennsylvania is home to the nation's first zoo, the Philadelphia Zoo.

• All 121 state parks in Pennsylvania feature free admission.

• In 2008, author Sharon Hernes Silverman wrote in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that Pennsylvania was the snack food capital of the world.

• as the Civil War was beginning, Sturgis Pretzel House in Lititz was first to introduce the pretzel to American consumers.

• Pennsylvania's constitution designates it as a commonwealth, and the state chose to use the term to show its devotion to its residents and to indicate that the British no longer ruled the colonies.

• What is a commonwealth?
  The term "commonwealth" is an Old English term for a political community founded for the common good.

• Kentucky, Massachusetts and Virginia are also Commonwealths.

• their constitutional drafters declared they were. The commonwealth title does not confer any special legal significance, but the word highlights that the states' governments were intended to serve the well-being of the people.

History of Pennsylvania

• Penn was a supporter of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, a controversial religion at the time that rejected rituals and oaths and opposed war.

• Penn wanted to create a haven for his persecuted friends in the New World and asked the King to grant him land in the territory between the province of Maryland and the province of New York.

• On March 4, 1681, King Charles signed the Charter of Pennsylvania, and it was officially proclaimed on April 2.

• Philadelphia was home to Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Paine, members of the Founding Fathers and many of America’s early thinkers.

• On September 18, 1777, fearing that the approaching British army would seize and melt the Liberty Bell for ammunition, 200 cavalrymen transported the iconic symbol of freedom by caravan from the Philadelphia State House to the basement of the Zion Reformed Church in Allentown, where it remained until the British finally left in June of 1778.

• Now the largest city in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia served as the nation’s capital from 1790 until a permanent capital was established in Washington, D.C.

• in 1800. Both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were signed in Philadelphia.

• Known as the Keystone State

• Capital is Harrisburg