Sen. Dave McCormick didn’t let Pennsylvania get left out of America’s 250th birthday party — even after Gov. Josh Shapiro tried to.
The Republican senator unveiled Pennsylvania’s booth at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., after working across the aisle with Sen. John Fetterman to make it happen.
Shapiro had claimed no Pennsylvania businesses wanted to participate in the festival celebrating all 50 states for the nation’s semiquincentennial.
McCormick and Fetterman proved him wrong.
“Pennsylvania is where America’s story began, and there was no way we were going to let the Commonwealth go unrepresented during our Nation’s 250th birthday celebration.”
The bipartisan push overruled the Democratic governor’s boycott entirely. The Keystone State now has full representation at the fair — businesses, exhibits, and all.
Shapiro’s office had initially declined to participate, leaving one of the nation’s most historic states absent from the national celebration. McCormick and Fetterman stepped in to organize the booth themselves.
Pennsylvania played a founding role in American history — the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Valley Forge. The state’s absence from the 250th anniversary celebration would have been glaring.
Not anymore. The booth is open, and Pennsylvania is represented.
