Military in Pennsylvania

A history of the U.S. military, with a focus on Pennsylvania's contributions.

The oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

This decommissioned surface-to-surface missile resides outside the American Legion Post in Pennslyvania.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

An unusual and eclectic collection of local historical memorabilia.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

The Cold War-era "underground Pentagon" is a sprawling subterranean hideaway for the Defense Department.

The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.

An American flag was erected for every day that passed during the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.

The famous bell was secreted away and hidden in a church in Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.