by Leisa McCracken | Jun 15, 2023
Tuesday August 1st, 2023 * 9:15 AM – 1:30 PM Exploring the secrets of a 200-year-old homestead and how its environment influenced early settlers is the focus of a new program offered by The Institute. Presented in partnership with Little Antietam Creek, Inc....
by Leisa McCracken | Jun 17, 2021
Thursday August 3rd, 2023 * 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ( Rescheduled from the original date in July) Designed for kids in grades K to 5, the EXPLORE! at Pine Hill Recreation Area in Waynesboro, Pa. All program activities are outside. Taught by Institute educators,...
by Janet Pollard | Apr 14, 2020 | Blog
The Cumberland Valley impressed Thaddeus Stevens, reminding him of the rural beauty of Danville, Vermont, where he was born in 1792. Later, when Stevens purchased land to begin an ironworks, he called it Caledonia because it reminded him of his boyhood home. As a...
by Janet Pollard | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog
Let your imagination take you back in time and make your own story by filling in the details. After days of traveling, we finally made it. We finally made it to Fort Chambers! It is much bigger than I imagined it to be. The walls are very tall. And there is a stream... by Janet Pollard | Jul 29, 2016 | Blog
Franklin County Visitor Bureau (FCVB) is collecting school supplies for the United Way of Franklin County’s annual Stuff the Bus campaign. Joining the collection drive of Chambersburg’s Downtown Business Council’s (DBC), FCVB is accepting school supplies...