America250PA

Local team prepares to play in Little League World Series Challenger Exhibition Game, America's upcoming birthday and Tibetan monks visit Northeast Pa.

Cassandra Coleman runs America250PA. She says America's story lies at the heart of rural Pennsylvania.

At its apex, the Hawley Silk Mill produced silk threads for other mills. It employed around 500 women, many were immigrants new to the area. An America250 Semiquincentennial Bell is now outside the mill to honor its past and the many untold stories from inside.