[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 153 (Monday, September 25, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1257]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOROUGH OF BIGLERVILLE IN ADAMS 
                          COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

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                            HON. SCOTT PERRY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 25, 2017

  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, today I offer my sincere congratulations to 
the residents of the Borough of Biglerville on its 200th Anniversary.
  This community began as Middletown in 1817 and didn't see formal 
development of the land until 1843. Around 1883, a local farmer decided 
to plant acres of apple trees, and soon after train service was 
established and the community began to grow. Middletown was renamed 
Biglerville in 1903, after Colonel William Bigler, the 12th Governor of 
Pennsylvania.
  Today, Biglerville is a lovely town with a great sense of community. 
Appropriately, it's home to the National Apple Museum, which promotes 
the history of the apple and fruit industry and its economic importance 
to this region. Biglerville is also home to many civic minded citizens 
who devote their time and efforts to make their community a great place 
in which to live and work.
  On behalf of Pennsylvania's Fourth Congressional District, I 
congratulate the residents of the Borough of Biglerville on their 200th 
Anniversary, and wish them continued great success in the years to 
come.

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