"The Pennsylvania quarter, the second coin in the 50 State Quarters® Program, depicts the statue "Commonwealth," an outline of the state, the state motto, and a keystone. This design was chosen to further help educate people about the origins of our second state, founded on December 12, 1787.
The statue "Commonwealth," designed by New York sculptor Roland Hinton Perry, is a bronze-gilded 14' 6" high female form that has topped Pennsylvania's state capitol dome in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania since May 25, 1905. Her right arm extends in kindness and her left arm grasps a ribbon mace to symbolize justice. The image of the keystone honors the states nickname, "The Keystone State." At a Jefferson Republican victory rally in October 1802, Pennsylvania was toasted as "the keystone in the federal union." The modern persistence of this designation is justified in view of the key position of Pennsylvania in the economic, social, and political development of the United States."
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"keystone"
the large central stone in an arch that keeps the other stones in position (LDOCE)
「かなめ石」
アーチにおいて他の石を保持するためにおかれる中央の大きな石のこと
the most important part of an idea, belief, or process that influences how it develops (LDOCE)
発展する上で影響を与える考え、信念、もしくは過程のもっとも重要な部分のこと
"commonwealth"
the official legal title of some US states (LDOCE)
「州」
アメリカのいくつかの州で用いられる公式の称号(ペンシルバニア、バージニア、ケンタッキー、マサチューセッツではstate of ではなく、commonwealth of が用いられるようです。]]>ペンシルバニア州のパンフレットhttp://kazoousaca.exblog.jp/2007547/2005-06-09T06:52:59+09:002005-06-09T21:50:13+09:002005-06-09T06:51:29+09:00kazoousaca24.ペンシルバニア州(3)
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"Pennsylvania"
PA a state in the northeastern US, which produces large amounts of steel and coal. It was one of the 13 original US states, and was an important centre in the fight to become independent from Britain during the American Revolutionary War.