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116  NE W Y ORK CIT Y & THE MID-A TLANTIC REGION

Pennsylvania town in the village of Ephrata, is
a collection of medieval-style
Pennsylvania has it all – American history, beautiful scenery, buildings, founded by German
varied activities, lodging, and dining, ranging from the refined settlers in 1732. It was home to
to the simple. Of its two main cities, Philadelphia (see pp108–15), one of America’s earliest
the birthplace of America, is a historic and multi-cultural city, communal societies, semi-
monastics who practiced an
while Pittsburgh re-created itself from a grimy, industrial center austere lifestyle emphasizing
to a sparkling cultural gem on the forks of the Ohio River. Most spirituality, and the artistic use
of the state, however, is rural and bucolic, a green patchwork of of music and the written word.
dairy and produce farms, embroidered with Appalachian In 1745, the colony set up one
forests and streams, tidy fields, and small towns. of the country’s earliest printing
presses. With the death of the
last resident in 2008, the site is
P Gettysburg National now a museum.
Military Park
Tel (717) 334-1124. Park: Open Apr– E Landis Valley Museum
Oct: 6am–10pm daily; Nov–Mar: 2451 Kissel Hill Rd. Tel (717) 569-0401.
6am–7pm daily. Visitor Center: Open Jan–mid-Mar: 9am–5pm Wed–
8am–5pm daily (to 6pm Apr–Oct). Sat, noon–5pm Sun; mid-Mar–Dec:
Closed Jan 1, Thanksgiving, Dec 25. 9am–5pm Mon–Sat, noon–5pm Sun.
7 8 ∑ nps.gov/gett & 7 = ∑ landisvalley
museum.org
p Lancaster
Memorial at Gettysburg National * 59,400. £ @ n 501 Greenfield a Hershey
Military Park
Rd, Lancaster, (800) 723-8824. * 14,300. £ @ n 1255A
o Gettysburg ∑ lancasterpa.com; Harrisburg Pike, Harrisburg, (800) 995-
∑ cityoflancasterpa.com
0969. ∑ hersheypa.com
* 7,700. £ @ n 102 Carlisle St,
(800) 337-5015. ∑ destination This market town at the heart of This factory town, now a pop-
gettysburg.com the Pennsylvania Dutch Country ular tourist destination, revolves
(see p69) is surrounded by around chocolate, so much so
A pivotal confrontation of the almost 5,000 small farms. The that even its streetlights are
Civil War (see p57) took place near region is famous for the German- shaped like silver-foil-wrapped
the small farming community immigrant “Old Order Amish” Hershey Kisses. The town’s main
of Gettysburg in early July 1863. Christians, who live and work attraction is Chocolate World,
Nearly 100,000 Union soldiers without modern conveniences which features a 15-minute ride
under General George Meade like electricity. The Landis Valley through a series of animated
fought 75,000 Confederates led Museum’s large outdoor tableaux revealing Hershey’s
by Robert E. Lee. After three days collection focuses on the state’s chocolate-making process. A
of fighting, a staggering 50,000 German rural heritage. Among free sample awaits at the end of
soldiers lay dead or wounded, the exhibits are a crossroads the tour, while a series of shops
and the Confed erates were village and an adjoining farm- sell souvenirs and every Hershey
turned back. stead with traditional breeds of product made. Nearby is
Though the war raged for animals and heirloom plants. Hersheypark, a 90-acre (36-ha)
another two years, Gettysburg Visitors can see demon strations amusement park. Hersheypark
was recognized as a turning of skills such as sheep shearing. offers 80 rides, including five
point. To commemorate the site, Ephrata Cloister, northeast of water slides, four roller coasters,
a burial ground was purchased,
and President Lincoln dedicated
the Gettysburg National
Cemetery with his Gettysburg
Address. Several impressive
monuments have been placed
throughout the fields and forests
of the battlefield, now the
Gettysburg National Military
Park. The Cyclorama, a giant
circular mural painted in 1884,
dramatizes a crucial battle scene
– Picket’s Charge, where over
6,000 Confederate soldiers were
killed or wounded. “Sisters House” and “Meeting House” in Ephrata Cloister
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp122–4 and pp125–7

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