Explore Franklin County | PA - Great moments along the way

Up to 100 antique automobiles are coming to Chambersburg’s Memorial Square, and you can be one of the first people to welcome the cars and their drivers to town.
Volunteers are needed to play an important part in “The Great Race” – America’s premier old car rally. This year’s event begins in Chattanooga, TN on [...]

CHAMBERSBURG- Five stages of non-stop music are scheduled for the Third Annual Chefs’ Walk in Chambersburg. Presented by Cumberland Valley School of Music, The Chefs’ Walk will take place along Alexander Avenue on Saturday, June 4 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm, rain or shine.
Featured performers include Marlin Barnes (marimba); “Soleil” (folk music from [...]

The special rotating exhibit during June in the barn at Allison-Antrim Museum, 365 South Ridge Avenue, Greencastle, PA will include prehistoric archaeological artifacts from the Antrim Township Ebbert Spring site. The exhibit opens June 1. The museum is open Monday through Friday from noon – 4 pm. The exhibit can also be [...]

GARDNERS, PA. – Hundreds of volunteers and other supporters who have made the Appalachian Trail Museum a success during its first year of being open will gather at the museum June 17-19 to celebrate.
“We have a lot to celebrate,” said Larry Luxenberg, president of the Appalachian Trail Museum Society, and founder of the museum. [...]

The 4th Annual Shippensburg Art, Wine and Microbrew Festival sponsored by Shippensburg University’s Alumni Office & Art Department, Shippensburg Area Chamber of Commerce and D.O.I.T (Downtown Organizations Investing Together) is going to be held on Saturday, June 4th from 12 to 5 p.m. on the North Earl Street Triangle near the Old Main Drive campus [...]

Fountaindale Volunteer Fire Co. will conduct the fourth annual Heritage Bus Tour on Saturday, June 25, 2011. This year’s tour will be a bus tour with no bus…kind of like those bakeless bake sales! However, there are two new options: a one and a half hour trolley tour aboard a comfortable air conditioned [...]

Saturday, June 4th, the University Grille, 32 East King Street in Downtown Shippensburg, will be hosting The Earl’s Spring 2011 Release Party. The Earl is Central Pennsylvania’s Online Literary Magazine brought to you by Post Now PA. It can be found at www.TheEarlofShippensburg.com. The magazine features short stories, essays, and poems by [...]

The Franklin County Historical Society – Kittochtinny invites you to turn back the clocks for a few hours this Memorial Day weekend, paying respect to a number of people who played an important part in Chambersburg’s history during their lifetimes.
A total of 10 storytellers will appear at Cedar Grove Cemetery on Franklin Street on [...]

CHAMBERSBURG — The Historic Barn and Farm Foundation of Pennsylvania is pleased to be traveling to the “Great Valley” of Pennsylvania for its 2011 Annual Meeting and Historic Barn Tour. This two-day event is scheduled for Friday, June 17th and Saturday, June 18th, beginning with a special evening touring an historic barn owned by [...]