My hometown was about 400 people and in the middle of nowhere. There is an Air Force base right by it though so I suppose some random people might know it
The town I live in now and where I would tell people I’m from, hockey. We have one of the best college hockey programs in the country (well depending on who you ask)
The Erie Canal, the locks, widest land bridge in North America, the modern day fire hydrant was invented here, Bill Gregory the astronaut is from here.
Paper, shoes, being home to the first woman to serve in both the Senate and the House (she also was the first woman to be placed in nomination for the presidency at a major party's convention) and the oldest continuous state fair in the United States.
We have a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa that was in the beginning of Wayne's World, headquarters for the Bradford Group, and supposedly John Wayne Gacy is buried in one of our cemeteries.
I never remember that. I tend to think of Cheesesteaks, soft pretzels, The Declaration of Independence and being the cradle of Liberty among other things first.
I never remember that. I tend to think of Cheesesteaks, soft pretzels, The Declaration of Independence and being the cradle of Liberty among other things first.
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