President Donald Trump plans to mark his first 100th day in office on Saturday with the folks in Pennsylvania he credits with providing him with the critical electoral votes he needed to get elected.

Trump's visit to Harrisburg falls on the first day of a potential federal government shutdown. It also happens to be the same day as the White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington, D.C., that he and his staff are boycotting to protest what he considers unfavorable media coverage.

Given the focus on the symbolic 100-day standard for presidents, he also will be under much scrutiny as to whether he has delivered on his broad and sweeping vision that he laid out for his first 100 days during a campaign stop at the Eisenhower Hotel in Gettysburg last October.

"I will be holding a BIG rally in Pennsylvania. Look forward to it!" Trump tweeted on Saturday.

Next Saturday night I will be holding a BIG rally in Pennsylvania. Look forward to it! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 22, 2017

What he intends to tell attendees to the event to be held in the New Holland Arena at the Farm Show Complex & Expo Center has yet to be announced. An attempt to get a comment about that from his campaign press office was unsuccessful.

For tickets to the event, visit Trump's campaign website.

CNN political analyst and Camp Hill native Jeffrey Lord said he sees Trump's second post-election visit to the central Pennsylvania as a homecoming of sorts.

"Politically speaking, he's coming home to his base," he said.

Lord expects Trump's remarks will focus on what he has accomplished in his first 100 days to fight the narrative the media presents and focus on what he has gotten done. The biggest highlight of the Trump presidency in Lord's eyes is the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.

"That was a big thing for him. He'll be there for a long time. This is a big deal. I certainly think that's one," Lord said. "He can go through the executive orders and that kind of thing, changing America's status in the world, changing the relationships, dealing with Syria and North Korea, signaling there's a new sheriff in town."

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., said he sees the visit as "the president's way of saying 'thank you' to the people of Pennsylvania" for helping him win last year's election and "showing that he's committed to our area."

Barletta, who is passing up the opportunity to welcome Trump to his congressional district on Saturday to attend his granddaughter's christening, said, "Throughout the campaign, I told him that he would win Pennsylvania and encouraged him to come to our state. We worked closely to make sure that he visited often and at key times. It's fitting that he will mark his first 100 days in office here."

The significance of this artificial milestone has lost its luster over time for some since the days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who succeeded in getting 15 major New Deal laws enacted in the early days of his administration to bring an end to the Great Depression. Lord is among those skeptical of its significance.

"The media loves it and political people love it and even [Trump] he mentioned it when he was running for president so he's going to have to go through this," he said.

Like Barletta, Lord won't be in attendance at Saturday's event.

"I would love to have been in Harrisburg with the president," he said. "Unfortunately, I do have a prior commitment. I gave my word and I will be at the White House Correspondents dinner."

In the late stages of his campaign, Trump promised to introduce and fight for 10 specific pieces of legislation in his first 100 days.

They included bills to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, cut taxes, spur $1 trillion in infrastructure investments and expand school choice. To date, only one of those pieces of legislation have been introduced - the House health-care bill - and it remains a topic of discussion.

Donald Trump in Gettysburg Posted by PennLive.com on Saturday, October 22, 2016

When speaking to about 500 supporters in Gettysburg last fall about his vision for his first 100 days, he also mentioned building a border wall with Mexico, repealing what he called "unconstitutional" executive orders by President Obama; replacing the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia with a like-minded, conservative; and cancel funding for "sanctuary cities," where local officials refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

Trump on Friday tried to dampen the significance surrounding the 100-day mark by tweeting, "No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill!"

No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2017

Nonetheless, it is pretty clear he is feeling some pressure to deliver results.

In the coming week, Trump wants to revive a troubled health care measure from House Republicans. He plans to announce his tax reform plan on Wednesday although an aide said it will be short on details.

Trump hopes to use a $1 trillion catchall spending bill to salvage victories on his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, a multibillion-dollar down payment on a Pentagon buildup, and perhaps a crackdown on cities that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement by federal authorities.

Most pressing, though, is trying to avert a government shutdown by midnight Friday. Negotiations have hit a rough patch because of disputes over the border wall and health law subsidies to help low-income people afford health insurance.

With Republicans must negotiate with Democrats to gain the necessary votes, expectations are tempered expectations that the president will gain much in the way of bragging rights for any big wins to talk about next Saturday.

The midstate hasn't had this many visits by a president in decades, if ever. Along with one in Hershey in December and the upcoming one, Trump made four stops in southcentral Pennsylvania prior to his election.

Given the way Pennsylvania came through for him in the Republican primary and then again in November, Lord said it paid off.

"He did so well here in central Pennsylvania," Lord said. "Without question, it helped make him president."

From all appearances, his visit next Saturday on his 100th day in office indicates he remembers that.

* Associated Press contributed to this story.