The Gettysburg Pennsylvania Blog

Over the weekend my wife and I set up a booth at a local crafts bazaar, which is something we do rather often. And of course you can meet some really good people that way. One very interesting person we met at the bazaar was a lady named Rita Forbes from Spring Grove Pennsylvania. Rita [...]

The town of Littlestown is just a little drive from Gettysburg. The 81st National FFA Convention was held in Indianapolis, Indiana from October 21-25 and five of Littletown FFAs members came back award winners.
Junior Corbin Wood won a gold medal in Dairy Showmanship. Silver medal winners include Clifton Bittle, Sarah Hurlock, Cassie Klinedinst, and Jodi [...]

A group of spirited women who call themselves Spirited Ladies will showcase their original arts and crafts right here in Gettysburg this coming weekend, October 24-26. Opening the doors at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 24, will be a musical group called “Acoustic Crossover”. After that, the ladies take center stage.
The event will take place [...]

Fans of Patsy Cline may be interested in knowing there is a tribute to the legendary country western singer running in Boiling Springs Pennsylvania through November 1. Every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday there is a matinee at 1 p.m. at Allenberry Resort Inn & Playhouse located at 1559 Boiling Springs Road in Boiling Springs. [...]

If you don’t have better plans, today and today only, Hampton Fire Company is hosting its annual car and craft show. This is the best car and craft show anywhere near Gettysburg, hands down. Local crafters showcase their handicrafts and they are very reasonably priced and if you like classic or antique cars then the [...]

On his way out of Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee passed through Waynesboro, Pennsylvania and stopped long enough to occupy the town. Whether or not that has anything to do with Waynesboro’s strange happenings today is another story. Nevertheless, a couple of Waynesboro residents are starting a ghost tour similar to the ones to be found [...]

The East Berlin Area Community Center offers classes for local area residents (and visitors, if you care to spend your vacation learning something). Some upcoming classes that you might have an interest in include:

How To Make Money On The Internet - Offered October 21 or November 25
How To Build And Market First Website Locally - [...]

If you’re going to be in or around Gettysburg Pennsylvania this coming Labor day then I highly recommend a trip over to Williams Grove to participate in the Williams Grove Steam Engine Show. In fact, the show has already started and will run for nine full days.
Every year the steam engine show in Williams Grove [...]

Get your hog maw taste buds ready because there’s enough to go round. Colonial Day in East Berlin is just around the corner and hog maw platters are going for $5.50 a plate. MMMMM-mmmmm. We’re talking gooder than good.
Colonial Day will take place at the East Berlin Community Center in East Berlin on September 13, [...]

There’s a lot going on this weekend. My wife and I are heading over to Dover, Pa. to participate in Olde Tyme Days. It’s the 24th annual South Central Pennsylvania Historical Lifestyle and Power Society Olde Tyme Days. It starts tomorrow and runs through the 24th of August. Location: Canal and Mill Creek Roads in [...]