"Len Over 21" wrote

N2EY wrote:

Actually it's a commonwealth.

Okay, so Pennsylvania seceeded from the Union...otherwise called
the United States of America. STATES.

No great loss, really...

Dear Mrs. Anderson,

Leonard is failing in geography class. As a means of bringing his grade up
to "passing", please have him list the 48 states and the 2 commonwealths
which make up our great Nation.

73, K0HB

PS: Rhode Island is NOT a commonwealth, but neither is that the name of a
state. For extra credit, what is the name of the place we commonly call
Rhode Island?