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Monument on the grounds of the Paoli Massacre This Memorial Day Weekend I first went to York City to check out the history of the Continental Congress which located there across the Susquehanna to keep out of harms way of the British. York was a frontier town pretty much back in Colonial times. It had a courthouse, lodging, and taverns necessary for those men who drafted the Articles of Confederation and conducted the war-time political business of our nascent country. York has tried to capitalize on that colonial history but it is a hard sell. York was an outpost on the other side of the mile-wide Susquehanna River. That is why it was selected. No other reason. York has a rich history, like being an industrial powerhouse back in the day, but these days it is another post-industrial town trying to carve out its niche after corporate America moved manufacturing work out of our country. It is coming back with automation and natural gas, but prosperity still eludes York and othe...