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Lititz, Pennsylvania, the Glossary

Lititz is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, north of Lancaster.^[1]

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1756 establishments in Pennsylvania
History of the America (North) Province of the Moravian Church
Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania
Populated places established in 1710

Airboat

An airboat (also known as a planeboat, swamp boat, bayou boat, or fanboat) is a flat-bottomed watercraft propelled by an aircraft-type propeller and powered by either an aircraft or automotive engine.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Andrew Wenger

James Andrew Wenger (born December 25, 1990) is an American former professional soccer player who played for eight seasons in Major League Soccer.

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Area codes 717 and 223

Area codes 717 and 223 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for South Central Pennsylvania and the Susquehanna Valley.

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August Burns Red

August Burns Red is an American metalcore band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, formed in 2003.

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. Lititz, Pennsylvania and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania are Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania.

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Bill Haley & His Comets

Bill Haley & His Comets was an American rock and roll band formed in 1947 and continuing until Haley's death in 1981.

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Bohemia

Bohemia (Čechy; Böhmen; Čěska; Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic.

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Borough (Pennsylvania)

In the United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a borough (sometimes spelled boro) is a self-governing municipal entity, equivalent to a town in most jurisdictions, usually smaller than a city, but with a similar population density in its residential areas.

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Caboose

A caboose is a crewed North American railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train.

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Conestoga River

The Conestoga River, also referred to as Conestoga Creek, is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Conestoga Traction Company

Conestoga Traction, later Conestoga Transportation Company, was a classic American regional interurban trolley that operated seven routes 1899 to 1946 radiating spoke-like from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to numerous neighboring farm villages and towns.

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Continental Army

The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

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Emmaus, Pennsylvania

Emmaus is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. Lititz, Pennsylvania and Emmaus, Pennsylvania are Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania.

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Ephrata, Pennsylvania

Ephrata is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Hardiness zone

A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants.

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Hermann Trophy

The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States's top men's and women's college soccer players.

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Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) and snowy winters.

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Independence Day (United States)

Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.

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Joey Welz

Joseph W. Welz (born Welzant, March 17, 1940) is an American musician best known for his tenure as pianist with Bill Haley & His Comets.

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Johann Agust Sutter House

The Johann Agust Sutter House is an historic American home that is located in Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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John Beck's Boys Academy

Lititz Academy for Boys was a nineteenth century boarding school in the Moravian village of Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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John Fass

John Stroble Fass (August 25, 1890 - July 19, 1973) was an American graphic designer and a printer of fine press books.

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John Sutter

John Augustus Sutter (February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880), born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, was a Swiss immigrant who became a Mexican and later an American citizen, known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, California, the state's capital.

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Kunvald

Kunvald (Kunewalde, Kunwald) is a market town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic.

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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Lancaster County (Pennsylvania Dutch: Lengeschder Kaundi), sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Lehigh County (Pennsylvania Dutch: Lechaa Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Library System of Lancaster County

The Library System of Lancaster County (LSLC) is a federated system, which serves 519,462 residents in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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Linden Hall (school)

Linden Hall School for Girls is an independent boarding and day school for girls in grades 6–12 located in Lititz, Pennsylvania.

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Litice Castle

Litice Castle (Lititz) is a castle in Záchlumí municipality in the Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic.

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Lititz Moravian Historic District

The Lititz Moravian Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Lititz, Pennsylvania and Lititz Moravian Historic District are Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania.

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Lititz Run

Lititz Run is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Lititz Watch Technicum

The Lititz Watch Technicum is a watchmaking school located in Lititz, Pennsylvania, and was designed by an architect Michael Graves.

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Louise Adeline Weitzel

Louise Adeline Weitzel (December 2, 1862 – May 6, 1934) was an American writer of German descent.

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Mary Penry

Mary Penry (12 November 1735 — 17 May 1804) was a Welsh-born woman in colonial Pennsylvania. Lititz, Pennsylvania and Mary Penry are Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania.

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Matt Greiner

Matthew Wilson Greiner is an American drummer, best known as a founding member of the metalcore band August Burns Red.

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Metalcore is a fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk, that originated in the late 1980s.

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Moravian Church

The Moravian Church, or the Moravian Brethren (Moravská církev or Moravští bratři), formally the Unitas Fratrum (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestant denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohemian Reformation of the 15th century and the Unity of the Brethren (Jednota bratrská) founded in the Kingdom of Bohemia, sixty years before Martin Luther's Reformation.

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Mousetrap

A mousetrap is a specialized type of animal trap designed primarily to catch and, usually, kill mice.

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National Air and Space Museum

The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States, dedicated to human flight and space exploration.

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Nazareth, Pennsylvania

Nazareth is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Lititz, Pennsylvania and Nazareth, Pennsylvania are Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania.

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Norfolk Southern Railway

The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Route 501

Pennsylvania Route 501 (PA 501) is a north–south state highway in south central Pennsylvania that runs for.

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Pennsylvania Route 772

Pennsylvania Route 772 (PA 772) is an east–west state highway located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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Philadelphia Union

The Philadelphia Union is an American professional soccer club based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

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Presidency of Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman's tenure as the 33rd president of the United States began on April 12, 1945, upon the death of president Franklin D. Roosevelt, and ended on January 20, 1953.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Rail trail

A rail trail is a shared-use path on railway right of way.

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Reading Company

The Reading Company was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in 1976.

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The Red Rose Transit Authority (RRTA) is a transit agency serving Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Richard A. Snyder

Richard A. Snyder (March 26, 1910 – June 17, 1992) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district from 1961 to 1984.

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Sensenich Propeller

Sensenich Propeller, founded in 1932, is an American manufacturer of wood, metal and composite propellers for certified, homebuilt and ultralight aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as airboats.

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Sister city

A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lititz,_Pennsylvania

Also known as Lititz, Lititz, PA, UN/LOCODE:USLTI.

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Lititz, Pennsylvania, the Glossary

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See also

1756 establishments in Pennsylvania

History of the America (North) Province of the Moravian Church

Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania

Populated places established in 1710

References