Shane Rooney: Sufjan Stevens's Pennsylvania

My pal Shane Rooney has sent in his hypothesis for what a Pennsylvania-centered album might look like. His list has affinity with mine. Shane and I earned our doctor of law degrees at the same time and place and share the same life-sustaining passion for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He introduced Ali and I to the cinema of Wim Wenders. He projects thus:

I will go so far as to predict the album name: "You've Got a Friend In Pennsylvania."

Using your groupings

Obvious but poignant:

1. Flight 93

Strong candidates

1. Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia July 4, 1776
2. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia 1787
3. Three Mile Island accident
4. Battle of Gettysburg/Gettysburg Address
5. Ben Franklin

Longshots

1. There was some movie(s) about slow moving, carnivorous creatures filmed near Pittsburgh, can’t quite think of the name
2. The Immaculate Reception
3. Johnstown Flood 1889
4. Valley Forge
5. Mother Katherine Drexel (Philadelphia), canonized in 2000. Only Pennsylvania born canonized saint. http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintk03.htm
6. Falling Water http://www.paconserve.org/index-fw1.asp
7. Pennsylvania's lost highway: The continuous 12 mile long, abandoned stretch of Pennsylvania turnpike near Breezewood, including two tunnels. Perhaps the longest, abandoned paved road in the U.S?http://www.briantroutman.com/highways/abandonedpaturnpike/
8. "Chocolate Town" -Hershey, PA