Burning of Chambersburg 150th Commemoration

Description

Enjoy music, Civil War walking tours, book signings and exhibits downtown from 6 - 8:30 p.m., followed by the reenactment of The Ransoming and Burning of Chambersburg from 9 - 10:30 p.m. Using laser lights and re-enactors on Memorial Square (at U.S. 11 and U.S, 30), the Franklin County Visitors Bureau presents a realistic reenactment of the town's darkest day in history - when the Confederate soldiers burned the town in July 1864. Chambersburg is the only town north of the Mason-Dixon Line that was burned during the War. More information: www.dodinestayfranklincountypa.com/burning.