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Beyond Shoofly Pie: Rediscovering Lancaster County, PA · The Frommer's Travel Show

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  Foreign.
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  And welcome to the Fromer Travel Show.
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  I'm your host, Pauline Fromer.
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  I'm going to start today with a personal anecdote.
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  When I was in my early 20s, I was an actor another lifetime ago, and I toured the country with Les Miserables.
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  And I also got to play at some of the country's best theaters.
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  And I gotta say, one of the most fun gigs I ever had was I got to do a musical at the Fulton Theater in Lancaster.
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  And it was this incredible historical.
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  But not only that, and I don't know if they still do this, but they would put up the cast members in the homes of people from Lancaster.
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  And so I got to know this whole community of great people who drove me all around Lancaster, showed me the town, showed me what an amazing place it is, which is why I'm excited to share with you today
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  what a fabulous place Lancaster can be for a vacation.
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  To help me do that, I have the real expert on the line because it's been a long time since I was an actor.
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  His name is Jeff Vassar.
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  He is from Discover Lancaster.
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  Hey, Jeff, thank you so much for appearing on the Fromer Travel Show.
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  Oh, my pleasure.
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  Thank you for having me.
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  It's great to see you again.
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  And I had no idea you had that history with Lancaster.
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  I do, I do it really.
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  It's a part of my heart forever.
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  I gotta say, I had a wonderful time in Lancaster.
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  And I gotta ask you about the Fulton Theater.
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  Is it still, you know, going along strong?
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  It has never been better.
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  They had a major renovation and expansion a couple of years ago.
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  It's absolutely beautiful.
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  And they added some housing for in town, so some people do choose to stay with families, but for the most part they have housing for, for their performers.
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  So wonderful, wonderful venue.
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  And I'm sure you're aware that is the oldest continually operated theater in the country.
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  Yes, absolutely wonderful.
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  And they do a lot of Broadway level shows and they also added another theater on the third floor which will do smaller plays.
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  And I really enjoy that.
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  You know, some people enjoy the Broadway shows.
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  Other people like the one or two person plays that they do up there as well.
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  Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  No, I remember treading those boards and you could feel the weight of the history there as you can in Lancaster.
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  Lancaster is a place where, where a lot of things were the first in the United States.
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  Like your farmer's market.
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  Tell us about that.
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  Yeah, Central Market is again, I, I don't want to overuse this term, but the oldest continually operated farmer's market in the country.
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  It's open three days a week, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.
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  And it is a variety of booths, including Amish goods, as well as, you know, coffee and, and butcher shops and cheese shops.
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  My favorite stand is a pickle store.
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  A variety of things, but.
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  And it's not just visitors.
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  I mean, residents, you know, will go and do their shopping there because, you know, you can't get any fresher than when the farmers are coming from, you know, their farms and coming in central set, setting up in central
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  market for those three days a week.
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  Yeah, and it's also a great photo op if you'd like to take photos of beautiful, actually authentic local things.
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  You also have the oldest short line railroad.
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  What is a short line railroad?
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  Short line.
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  It's a 45 minute tour, the Strasbourg Railroad.
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  And it takes you on a ride through the farmland and Amish country and an.
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  In a restored 19th century car.
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  And it's, It's a wonderful experience and it's, it's authentic.
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  And the railroad also repairs other antique cars throughout.
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  So they have engineers and mechanics that will just do nothing but repair those antique cars.
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  And it's.
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  You mean other antique cars from other parts of the country?
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  Country from other parts of the country.
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  They come in because of the expertise that the people from the Strasbourg Railroad have.
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  And it's right across the street from the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum, which shows a variety of the growth of railroad travel through our country.
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  It's a, It's a wonderful experience.
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  And railroads are a big part of our culture here.
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  So it's.
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  I'm glad you remembered that.
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  Yeah.
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  Well, it's so interesting because people don't realize at one point Lancaster was the western edge of the United States.
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  Right.
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  And so you have a lot of history that, that speaks to things that people usually in the west of the United States are talking about.
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  Right.
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  You're right.
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  And we were also the nation's capital for one day.
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  Really?
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  Tell me that story.
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  September 27, 1777, the Second Continental Congress met in Lancaster.
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  And it's an honor that we celebrate every year.
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  And we like to say that we are more about quality than quantity because we never had a government shutdown in our one day as a capital for the day.
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  Well, why was it just one day?
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  That's so odd.
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  Were they running away from British troops?
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  Exactly right.
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  They were away.
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  And I think they set up in York after the one day.
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  They stopped here, did their business and move on.
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  So it's, it's a fun little.
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  Do you know what their business was?
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  Was There anything important that happened that day, or was it just the fact that they were there?
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  Just the fact that they were there.
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  Okay.
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  We take pride into being capital for the day.
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  They're one of my favorite things.
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  For people that are pretzel fans, the first pretzel bakery was established in Lancaster County.
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  Julius Sturgis Pretzel bakery was founded in the 19th century and still exists today.
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  Now, this wasn't the first in the world, I would think that's in Germany.
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  So this was the first in the United States.
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  Are they hard or soft pretzels?
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  Hard.
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  Oh, I love hard pretzels.
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  That's great.
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  Yes, they're my.
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  They're my favorite.
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  But they also.
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  They also produce soft pretzels as well.
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  But can you see the production?
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  Can you see it?
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  Is it still a factory?
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  How does it work for visitors who want to see this?
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  For visitors, you come in and they will have tours and you can roll the pretzel yourself.
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  They teach you how to do it and the whole process.
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  And they'll have the old ovens that they show you how it works.
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  And then you come out and they give you a bag of pretzels when you're done.
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  But the major.
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  The main factory is elsewhere now, but the original Julius Sturges pretzel bakery is still there.
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  And you come in, you take a tour, and you can see the original ovens, and they teach you how to roll pretzels.
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  Wow.
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  Oh, that's fun.
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  Yeah.
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  I'm assuming you.
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  They don't sell your pretzels.
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  You just get to eat pretzels.
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  You just get to eat pretzels.
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  Okay.
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  They don't want to sell the pretzel that I rolled.
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  It was pretty.
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  Pretty oddly shaped.
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  Oh, really?
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  Is it hard to do?
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  I would think it's pretty simple, but what do I know?
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  That's not my skill set, you know,.
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  So.
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  So a lot of history in Lancaster.
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  And so it's not surprising that you are going to have some Baffo Fourth of July celebrations this year in honor of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
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  So tell me what's on the agenda?
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  Well, we are very proud of what's called historic Rock Fort, and that is the meticulously restored mansion of General Edward Hand, who was the adjutant general to George Washington.
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  The adjutant general is basically the first assistant to General Washington, and he was a big player in the Revolutionary War.
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  And they have over 70 events that they're doing throughout.
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  Throughout their facility.
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  I think It's.
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  They have 35 acres there.
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  And it's, they have programming throughout the year, which is exciting.
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  And what we're doing is we've put together a commemorative passport and there are 20 historic and heritage sites that are a part of our passport program.
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  And we created a unique stamp for each of them so visitors can pick up, you know, the passport either at our visitor center or at any one of the participating attractions.
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  And they will get a unique stamp.
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  And it's a, it's a nice keepsake.
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  But most of our history was, you know, throughout, throughout the 250 years of America.
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  So what we're doing is celebrating all 250 years.
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  But historic Rock Ford was our primary Revolutionary War site.
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  Right, right.
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  Interesting.
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  Okay.
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  And you also have a major new museum.
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  Let me get the name.
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  The Thaddeus Stevens and Linda Hamilton Smith center for History and Democracy that just opened this month.
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  Right?
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  In May.
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  This month.
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  It's the Lydia Hamilton Smith.
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  Oh, sorry, Lydia.
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  That's all right.
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  She'll forgive you.
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  Is she still alive?
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  No, no.
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  Celebration of two Civil War era people that were very instrumental in bringing along the amendment that gave equal rights to everybody.
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  So they were.
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  Thaddeus Stevens was a congressman from, from here.
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  And Lydia Hamilton Smith was his housekeeper, confidant, aide, and she was a mixed race person and was a force to herself.
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  She was a very successful business person and, and the two of them collaborated on fighting for abolition, civil liberties, and equal opportunity for everybody.
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  And we are thrilled.
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  And they were from Lancaster.
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  What year was this?
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  I mean, when was this happening?
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  This is, you know, in the mid 18th.
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  I'm sorry, the mid 19th century.
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  This is during the Lincoln years.
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  So, so right before Abraham Lincoln, they were fighting for those, those rights.
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  Wow.
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  I'm, I'm thrilled that you included her in the, in the headline of this because she's probably been, I don't know.
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  Has she been forgotten until this point?
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  Not here.
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  Good.
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  She has been celebrated here.
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  And the two of them were inseparable as, as I've learned.
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  And you know, there you couldn't support one without supporting the other or, you know, basically putting, you know, putting the effort of one without the other.
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  So the two of them together was, was an appropriate thing to do.
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  And we're thrilled that it opened, as you said, this month.
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  And they're expecting a lot of people to be, to be coming through there over the next many years.
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  You also have a premiere at the Sight and Sound Theater.
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  It's, it's their 50th anniversary.
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  I, you know, I guess it was a rival theater to the Fulton.
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  So I didn't know anything about it when I was there.
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  What is the Sight and Sound theater?
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  It is hard to describe other than the word awesome.
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  I've only been here a year and they put on one show a year that with a long run, all year.
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  Long or just in a certain time.
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  Period, pretty much from March through the end of the year they will put on a show.
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  And they are the most elaborate productions you will ever see beyond what Broadway does.
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  I saw Noah last year and when they put the ark together with a 180 degree stage with animals surrounding you and these live animals they keep on the farm and use them in their productions.
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  Their productions are for the most part religious based.
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  And right now, for the 50th anniversary, they just debuted Joshua in honor of their 50th year.
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  So, you know, they bring these wonderful animals that they have vets and trainers on staff.
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  And when you're during Noah, I haven't seen Joshua yet.
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  It just opened a couple of months ago.
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  But when they did Noah, the animals, when they were loading the ark, you know, in the story, the animals were coming down the aisle, you know, on the seat.
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  So you're.
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  You're looking beyond and they're coming up, going into the ark and then they open the.
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  The screen and they reveal the.
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  The full surrounding ark.
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  And it's just a wonderful and amazing production.
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  And will people who are not religious feel comfortable there or is this.
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  So this isn't.
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  You're not being preached at, you're just being told the story?
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  Just being told the story?
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  Yes.
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  Okay.
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  I'm not.
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  I'm Jewish and I, I did not feel uncomfortable at all.
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  But it's.
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  Well, Noah is Old Testament.
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  I can't remember the story of Joshua.
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  I gotta be honest with you.
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  I'm not a very good Jew.
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  But who was.
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  Do you know who Joshua was?
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  I was hoping you weren't going to ask me that.
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  Oh, gosh.
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  That's all right.
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  So it's two of us.
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  I'm glad it's not just me showing my ignorance.
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  It was a long time since I was in Sunday school, so.
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  Right.
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  The show, I will report back.
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  But if nothing else, it's just an amazing production.
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  Music, choreography and just the immersive effects that all of their shows do.
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  And sight and sound is, is just a wonderful, wonderful asset that we have in this community.
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  Right.
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  And there's.
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  You also have.
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  I mean, it's pretty stunning how many theaters and other cultural centers you have in what is essentially A fairly small city and a very rural community.
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  Tell me about the Ephrata Cloister.
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  Well, it's pronounced Ephrata.
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  Ephrata.
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  Interesting.
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  Ephrata Cloister.
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  It was newly renamed, renovated, and they host concerts and theater performances, you know, in the county.
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  And then we also have Prima Theater and the Ware center for the Arts, which also does original productions.
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  And they're both celebrating their 15th anniversary.
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  But you're right, Pauline.
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  For a small, relatively small community, the arts and culture is absolutely amazing.
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  And I don't want to not mention American Music Theater, which welcomes national touring acts.
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  You know, they have a beautiful facility, you know, right on Route 30 in.
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  In Lancaster.
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  It's, you know, it's absolutely amazing.
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  And I don't know if you've ever heard of Rock Linitz, but Lit.
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  It's.
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  It's a campus.
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  It's.
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  It's.
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  I don't want to.
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  I can't overstate the fact that it's.
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  It's a one of a kind production campus that includes rehearsal spaces, production vendors, and just live event innovations.
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  That in Lititz, which is, you know, one of our, you know, beautiful small, you know, small cities in, In Lancaster county.
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  But it's where most, if not all of the touring acts start.
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  It starts as, you know, where the sound is developed, where the staging is developed, where the lighting is developed, and, and they all come together in rehearsal sets and put a touring act together and then the artist.
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  Can you name some of the artists?
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  Just so we can get our mind around what.
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  What.
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  This is Madonna, Taylor Swift, Cher, and I mean, these are all the major.
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  The major acts start here.
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  So when you're wandering around Lancaster, you might go into a coffee shop and there will be.
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  There will be Cher, there will be Taylor Swift grabbing a latte.
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  It.
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  It is absolutely true and Litzy.
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  In Lit.
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  Do.
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  Do they open to the public at all?
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  Do people get to see rehearsals or early versions of these shows?
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  No, it's.
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  It's very private.
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  There's no tours.
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  But it's.
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  But it is really cool that in.
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  In little Lancaster county, the.
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  That all of the touring acts start here.
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  Fascinating.
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  And everybody in Litz is sworn to secrecy.
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  Like you, you.
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  When.
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  When Madonna or Taylor Swift are in town.
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  It.
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  It's not a big deal.
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  Everybody tries to respect their privacy, but they're only in for a few days and they'll either stay.
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  There's Hotel Rock Litz on campus, but then there are some other wonderful hotels in Lidditz.
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  The Hotel Wilbur is an old chocolate factory.
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  That was converted into a hotel.
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  Or they'll come into Lancaster City for the Lancaster Arts Hotel, which is a beautiful restored tobacco warehouse, into a wonderful boutique hotel.
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  And then of.
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  You know.
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  And then, of course, we have the Lancaster Marriott, which is also a renovated department store, which converted the public space from the old facade of the, you know, classic old, like the.
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  Like think of the old Macy's in New York City type of building.
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  Sure.
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  That serves as the public space, and they build a hotel tower behind it.
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  So it's just beautiful.
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  What they.
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  And then Rock lit was so successful that they just opened a second facility in Nashville to accommodate the country music tours.
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  Huh.
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  That are going on.
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  Good for them.
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  So it's a wonderful little secret, but it's a hub for all the major concert tours.
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  And they also do the Olympics.
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  The opening ceremonies were staged and developed at Rock Litz as well.
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  So it's not just music tours, but they also do staging for big events in the Super Bowl.
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  Those staging were done there as well.
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  Right.
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  Well, it's quite the industry, as people who listen to this podcast know.
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  We end with a song from my daughter's band, Melt, actually.
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  And so she is going all over the country.
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  Not in.
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  Not in productions as big as the ones you're discussing.
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  But it's a.
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  It's a fascinating industry.
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  But let's get back to Lancaster.
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  So I feel like you cannot discuss Lancaster without talking about the Amish.
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  And it seems weird to say this, but what's new with the Amish?
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  Is that a question that can be answered or.
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  Or is it that you're going to see what's old with the Amish?
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  And what has always been a part.
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  Of their culture, and that is their culture, is that you will not see modern innovations coming into the Amish community.
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  And that is part of our charm, and that's what makes Lancaster county unique.
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  The Amish community is still in Lancaster county, the largest in the country.
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  And they've been here since the mid 18th century.
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  And the interesting thing about, you know, the Amish culture is they came here and developed here at the same time that Lancaster county did.
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  So the Amish culture is ingrained in Lancaster County.
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  So it's not that they are not respected and recognized.
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  They're a part of our community.
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  We interact with them.
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  They welcome tourism.
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  Tourism is a big part of what they do.
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  Our visitors buy their quilts, they buy their foods.
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  Food is delish.
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  Yeah, yeah.
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  And there we have wonderful smorgasbords that have both, you know, modern as well as Amish fare.
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  But the Amish, it.
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  You still drive down the.
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  The streets and roads of.
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  Of Lancaster county, and you're still going to be passing buggies, and you'll be seeing the farmers tilling the fields with horses, and you won't see modern equipment at all.
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  It's.
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  It's just a.
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  A wonderful experience and throwback to, you know, how things were in a simpler time.
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  But it's.
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  It's a wonderful, you know, hook to bring visitors here.
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  And the story that I.
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  I tell people is you come for the Amish, but then you'll be just amazed at all of the other things that Lancaster county has to offer.
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  Right, right.
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  I remember going and having, you know, baked beans and different types.
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  It was the first time, I think I liked okra, different types of food, and somewhat interacting with the Amish.
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  But, you know, I felt like it still was a very much a contained community.
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  It was not.
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  You kind of go and you interact with them, but from a distance.
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  That's still the case, right?
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  That is still the case for sure.
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  But you have opportunities to interact with them through some.
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  I don't want to call them tour operators because that implies too big.
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  But there are Amish families that will invite what they call the English community, and that's basically anybody that's not Amish, they refer to us as the English.
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  They invite us into their homes to experience, you know, spending an afternoon having lunch or dinner with an Amish family and really understanding and being able to talk to them.
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  I've taken tours of, you know, their farms.
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  Again, they're.
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  They're a part of our business community.
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  They have businesses for buggy rides, and we certainly promote, you know, all of the.
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  The wonderful foods that they.
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  That they have.
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  And it's part of culture here.
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  I love the fact that there are home visits available.
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  Where would one find those?
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  How do.
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  How do you access those?
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  Well, good segue.
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  You can go to our website.
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  Oh, okay.
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  Yeah, Give it, give it.
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  Let's hear what it is.
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  Discover lancaster.com and you'll have an opportunity to put together tours like that.
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  Looking at, you know, tours of the city, tours of the county, itineraries that we have.
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  We have experience trails, which we're really proud of because we're known for not only Amish, but there's a wonderful coffee culture here, and then there's a wonderful.
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  And you.
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  Because of the German culture, the influence of, you know, the Amish came from, you know, Germany, and we have a wonderful brewery culture here.
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  Craft breweries, and they don't knock them down anymore.
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  They convert some of the old catacombs that are underground where the beer was stored and they're converted into dining spaces, event spaces.
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  But there's a.
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  In the town of Mount Joy, there is a brewery called Boobies Brewery that dates back to the 1870s.
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  Don't laugh, but it is the only 19th century lager brewery complex in the United States that still exists and operates.
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  Wow.
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  So another longest running.
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  I mean, or even only one at this point.
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  Wow.
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  The only one.
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  But it's, it's a, you know, it's a part of our culture.
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  You know, the brewery craft breweries is big and that's part of one of our experience trails.
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  We have one for pretzels, we have one for ice cream, which is also very big here.
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  You must have one for covered bridges, I'm assuming, because I remember that was a huge thing in Lancaster county.
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  Right.
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  We have 27 covered bridges in Lancaster county, which is the most in Pennsylvania and the second most in the country.
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  So people that enjoy outdoor experiences, you know, driving through the countryside and coming across covered bridges is just a.
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  Is a wonderful experience.
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  But then on the, on the western side of the county is the Susquehanna river where you have hiking and biking and river opportunities, you know, kayaking and canoeing.
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  It's.
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  It's really exciting to place to be.
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  They said.
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  I've only been here a year and I'm still discovering.
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  And they called it Discover Lancaster.
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  Well, you landed somewhere lovely.
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  I'm jealous.
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  Thank you.
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  Thank you.
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  So.
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  So.
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  Yeah, well, I'd love to.
• 26:40
  Thank you so much, Jeff.
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  It's been a delight speaking with you.
• 26:44
  Thank you for having me, Pauline.
• 26:45
  I appreciate it.
• 26:47
  And that is it for this week's show.
• 26:49
  I thank you so much for listening.
• 26:51
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  Visit us@fromers.com and I will end, as I always do, by saying if you are traveling, may I wish you a hearty bon voyage.
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  I'll see you next week.
• 27:14
  Sour candy on the table Lazy afternoons in your sweatpants Watching cable well it feels so fun far away.
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  All the.
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  Channels seem the same Trying to remember all the songs we like to play Cuz those lazy afternoons don't come so frequently these days oh it's been so long and I cannot have a wonder Are you ever coming home?
• 27:56
  I like you with your sour candy in the booth House on the lake oh but I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate the way it tastes.
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  I can't get you off of my mind Looking out the window where we spend so much of our time Cause I miss the way it feel But I guess you can't control those damn cards with all the balls
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  of us are happy when we're were free but would it be so hard to find your freedom here with me?
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  Oh, it's been so long and I cannot help but wonder Are you ever coming home?
• 29:00
  I like you with your sour candy in the boat house on the lake But I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate the way it tastes.
• 29:22
  And I, I hate the way it tastes But I love it all the same and I, I, I hate the way it tastes But I love it all the same.
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  Sa.
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  Sam.
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  Sa.
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  Help but wonder Are you ever coming home?
• 31:21
  I like you with your sour candy in the boat house on the lake But I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate the way it tastes it's been, it's been so long and I cannot
• 31:38
  help but wonder Are you ever coming home?
• 31:42
  When I see you with this sour candy don't want it any other way oh I just hate, I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate the way it tastes.