by Janet Pollard | Jan 20, 2025 | Blog, History
The America250PA Franklin County Committee is holding a T Shirt Design Contest. Anyone that is a resident of Franklin County, works in Franklin attends school in Franklin County or has a distinct connection to Franklin County is invited to get creative and design the...
by Janet Pollard | Jan 20, 2025 | Blog, History
Chambersburg IceFest and Franklin County Visitors Bureau are pairing up with Benchfield Farms for IceFest horse and wagon rides and carriage rides. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the glistening beauty of dozens of ice sculptures along the Main Street of Chambersburg....
by Janet Pollard | Jan 10, 2025 | Blog
Buttonwood Nature Center, home of The Institute, is offering a new winter EXPLORE! program series timed for after school. Designed for kids in grades K to 5, the programs will run on six Tuesdays: January 14, 21, 28 and February 4, 11, 18, from 4–5 p.m. at Pine Hill...
by Janet Pollard | Jan 8, 2025 | Blog
America is poised to celebrate its 250th birthday on July 4, 2026, and Franklin County PA is joining the celebration. America250PA is striving to be E.P.I.C.—to educate, to preserve, to innovate, and to celebrate, and Franklin County is joining the statewide effort...
by Janet Pollard | Jan 8, 2025 | Blog
Franklin County Visitors Bureau is launching the annual “It Is Always The Right Time To Do The Right Thing Essay Contest.” The contest is inspired by a quote from a speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr at Oberlin College on October 22, 1964. The quote was: ...
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