The Gettysburg Pennsylvania Blog

Do you pair your peppercorn encrusted lamb chop with a nice, full bodied Cabernet Sauvignon? I myself prefer a frosty, carmel Yeungling to wash down my secret recipe grilled flank steak — but there is room for both of us at the 2008 Pennsylvania Food and Beverage Show! Hosted by the the Toyota Arena York Expo [...]

PA Farm News says Adams County is one of three counties that have reaped the wine harvest this year.
Adams County, along with Lancaster and York counties, is a part of the Pennsylvania rich wine country. There are more than half a dozen good wineries in the area and this year was ripe for grape growing. [...]

According to Daniel Klotz, a Lancaster County resident, York County is becoming “Marylandized”. What exactly does that mean?
I think what he means is that there has been an influx of Marylanders migrating north to Pennsylvania, primarily York and Adams counties, mainly due to Carroll County’s moratorium on new housing starts. But also because the economy [...]

Now that Gettysburg Pennsylvania has had its Bike Week, York can have its week of fun. The York Bike Week extravaganza begins on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at the York Harley Davidson plant.
Bike Week usually consist of factory tours, demo rides, parades, and lots of vendors selling things that bikers will buy. Local economies generally [...]

The York County Heritage Trust and York Daily Record/Sunday News are sponsoring an essay contest. The contest is open to third through fifth graders, sixth through eighth graders, and ninth through twelfth graders.
All students must submit original work not previously published. Younger students, grades three through five, should write 300-500 word essays. The sixth-eighth [...]

As a former resident of Gettysburg and a 55-year student of the Battle of Gettysburg, and as a great-grandnephew of two Union soldiers in the battle, one of whom was mortally wounded in the Wheatfield and the other of whom was captured in the Fairfield action, I was absolutely shocked and deeply disappointed when last [...]

I’m in York, Pa. today. It’s YorkFest.
Every year, the city of York hosts an arts festival. It’s well attended. I agreed to participate in a play as a part of YorkFest so I came in at 10 a.m. this morning for rehearsal. We perform at 2 p.m. in downtown York.
YorkFest is taking place [...]

I am writing this post from the Dover public library. My wife and I spent the night up here last night in a pup tent so we could be the first vendors to grab a space in the Old Tyme Days. This looks like it will be one cool event - 24th annual.
This morning as [...]

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 [...]

Are you going to be in Gettysburg, or anywhere near the vicinity of York County Pennsylvania the weekend of August 23-24? If so then you’ll want to pay a visit to YorkFest, which is York city’s arts and music festival. They have it every year.
The event is held along the Codorus River in York. It’s [...]