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Map: Pennsylvania Charter Day is Sunday. Here’s where you can celebrate for free

BY: - March 5, 2019

Charter Day celebrates when, in 1681, King Charles II of England gave William Penn a charter for land in the new world. That land (spoiler alert) became Pennsylvania. To celebrate the occasion, the State Museum in Harrisburg will display Penn’s own copy of the charter between Sunday, March 10 and Friday, March 15. (FYI: Charles […]