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In lieu of a factory tour, there's the Chocolate World tour simulation
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These animated bovines put the "milk" in "milk chocolate"
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Chocolate syrup bottles being filled
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2007 - both the 100th birthday of the Kiss and the 150th of Milton Hershey
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Some neat old graphics cover some of the walls at Chocolate World
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We took a trolley tour of Hershey, fueled by chocolate samples
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Inside Founder's Hall at the Milton Hershey School
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The picture of the real sign is coming up
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Our trolley guide and her motorman
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Hershey Bars for all as the tour ends
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The big three Hershey products bid us farewell
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One of the street lights on Chocolate Avenue
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Yep - a real intersection
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Derry Presbyterian Church, founded 1724
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The Derry Church Session House, circa 1730, preserved in glass
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A bunch of history in the Derry Cemetery
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The Derry Church Schoolhouse from around 1840
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That's the world's largest chocolate factory - 2 million sq ft
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A schizophrenic duplex home - here you can buy half a house
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A lofty welcome at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
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The Ren Faire is on the grounds of a winery near Hershey
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They claim to be the loudest thing at the Ren Faire. We can't argue
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Lots of music and bosoms
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Harp!
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A true street musician - just sittin' in the street
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Some Celtic Dancers
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There was even a well-done abridged production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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Now back to the 21st Century
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A quilt shop in Intercourse PA
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We suppose the Amish wouldn't buy one of these lawn ornaments
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This Amish buggy is the real thing
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Music in a shopping complex courtyard
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Monday was laundry day, so Amish clotheslines were very evident
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The indoor exhibit hall at the big RV Show
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At the American Antique Car Assn Museum
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One of the best displays of old cars we've seen
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Not a huge collection, but every car a gem
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Even in the cafeteria . . . .
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Judy tries out a Bantam. Al wouldn't fit . . .
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OK, that's more his size
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So much nostalgia
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You don't see a lot of hearses in car museums
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And only here can you see a genuine Kissmobile
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There's also a collection of old buses
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Many of these cars still run, and have movie credentials
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That's an 1895 Benton, the oldest still-operating auto in America
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Nice hood ornament
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There were over 1200 RVs at the RV Show, and that's only the ones for sale.
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The Gettysburg Train Station, where Lincoln got off the train
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Many gravestones from many wars in the Gettysburg National Cemetery
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These are from the Gettysburg battle - graves of unidentified soldiers are marked by numbered stones
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A monument at the spot where Lincoln gave his address
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The Dobbin House is Gettysburg's oldest building - 1776
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A well-preserved cannon in the Vistor's Center Museum
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These were rifled barrels, and thus called Rifles, not cannons
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Our guide as we toured the battlefield
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There are 1300 monuments and memorials on the battlefield
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Some folks chose the double-decker bus tour, and then it rained
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On the Peace Memorial, erected on the 75th anniversary of the battle
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The stake and rail fences have been reconstructed
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The stone fences are authentic.
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Memorials for Confederate dead started appearing by the 1940s
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Almost anybody could build a memorial in any shape
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Statue of General Warren, who saved Little Round Top for the Union side by amassing troops just in time for the Rebel assault
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The view from Little Round Top, much as it looked in 1863
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Many people have rubbed Col O'Rourke's nose
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More monuments
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Pennsylvania's 2nd Brigade fought without much ammunition
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Statuary in the Hershey Gardens
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A most delightful garden with something for everyone
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Butterfly habitats are very popular with Judy and Al
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Aww. Mommy said "Now pose pretty".
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Candy flavored plants in a replica of Hershey's first candy cart
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Nice geometric look in the Japanese garden
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One awesome cypress tree
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Much color in the seasonal formal gardens
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A guy called "The Mothman" had a display
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The rose garden overlooks the town
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And it smells as good as it looks
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Hershey Park is a world-class amusement park
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A crystal torchiere lamp in the Hershey Museum
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An Apostolic Procession clock showed Jesus and the apostles every hour
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That's Jesus with the crown, with apostles passing by - the three Marys above
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There's a Native American section to the Hershey Museum
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It houses some impressive items
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One of the original machines for making Hershey Kisses
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Judy bought raffle tickets for this quilt. We'll win it on New Year's Eve
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The Hershey Museum occupies the old Hershey Skating Arena
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Outside Lancaster, Jennie's Diner serves really good food in a smoky atmosphere
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The Amish Home and Farm is the original Lancaster tourist attraction
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The farm opened to the public in the 1950s
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These goats could care less that we were there
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An Amish boy's bedroom
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Another of those Amish clotheslines
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The bridge is new, but made from parts of two 150 yr old bridges
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A windmill is a sure sign of an Amish farm
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Inside the one-room Amish school
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Tobacco is grown primarily for sale, occasionally for personal use
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One of only about 100 genuine Conestoga wagons left today
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The woodcarver seemed to be having lots of fun
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One of several good places near Hershey to find ice cream
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Finally, bridges across the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg PA