PA HR416

Designates April 18, 2026, as "Erie Day" in Pennsylvania to commemorate the anniversary of the April 18, 1795 act that authorized surveying land near Presque Isle to plan the City of Erie

April 18, 1795 General Assembly act authorized surveying and resolved the boundary between Pennsylvania and New York

Erie was established as a borough on March 29, 1805, and later incorporated as a city on April 14, 1851

The city was named for the Native American Erie people who lived in the area until the mid-17th century

Erie is Pennsylvania's fifth most populous city with a 2020 census population of 94,831