"Historically, Pennsylvania has been dramatically used, as a seed, in defining her as the "Birthplace of our Nation." Many documents and events that outlined what this country should become were birthed in Pennsylvania. On July 4, 1776, The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia. Four days later the Liberty bell rang out, declaring our freedom. The inscription upon the surface of the bell is a passage from Leviticus 25:10, "Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." In 1777-78, Valley Forge became the turning point of the Revolutionary War. The drafting and signing of the Constitution, ratifying our first from of government, happened here. The separation between the North and the South was decisively altered here at the Battle of Gettysburg in July with his now esteemed speech, The Gettysburg Address."

"However, as important as these events are in the telling of American history, I am not convinced that these memorials are the only milestones for the freedom we proclaim. Alone or summed together these events can only be a few factors as they are combined with the viable faith, humility and dedication of men and women who lived beyond them."

"When we take a sweeping view of history and the circumstances surrounding the affairs of mankind, two things stand out: 1) How God mercifully intervenes and 2) How God uses individuals to make enduring contributions to divine purposes. Pennsylvania's Story is filled with great triumphs and utter catastrophes, originating as far back as her beginning in England and continuing with the development of our nation as a whole. The true seat of government for America began to materialize in the heart of William Penn even before he arrived on the shores of the New World. He came with a new message, shaped and molded by the adverse environment in which he had lived. He came with a sincere desire to create a government that would prove the heart of God to all men, beginning with the native inhabitants of this land."