So what makes them different from the rest of the 50 states? Literally nothing. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Kentucky are all commonwealths. ![]() ![]() Let’s get to the first definition of commonwealth. Less Schoolhouse Rock, sure, but just as important. ![]() (If you’re like me, it’s the same place where a song made up of 62 prepositions sung to the tune of “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and the entirety of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” which for some inane reason I was forced to memorize for seventh grade Social Studies class, also live.) What was not taught to me in school, however, was the simple difference between a state and a commonwealth-and all of the nuances the term “commonwealth” encapsulates. If you grew up in the United States, you probably have the 50-states song burned into some indelible part of your memory.
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