

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Connecting Hershey: Bridges, Roads, and the Routes that Built our Town
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join the Hershey History Center for an illustrated presentation exploring the bridges, roads, railroads, canals, and transit routes that connected people, powered industry, and transformed the local landscape. Using a rich slideshow of historic and contemporary images, this program will highlight “then and now” views whenever available, offering a visual look at how local infrastructure evolved over time.

The presentation will be led by Tom Memmi, Historian and Archivist at the Pennsylvania State Police Museum. Memmi has delivered numerous historical presentations, authored multiple articles, and published a book focused on Pennsylvania history. His work brings together careful research and accessible storytelling to help audiences better understand how transportation networks and routes influenced everyday life and community growth.

Registration is not required. Everyone is welcome.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hershey/connecting-hershey-bridges-roads-and-the-routes-that-built-our-town/200029546051645
- **Event Categories**: storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.hersheyhistory.org/bridges-roads-routes-that-built-our-town?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=hershey-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Hershey
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 40 Northeast Dr, Hershey, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17033
- **lat**: 40.29264
- **long**: -76.64789
- **full address**: 40 Northeast Dr, Hershey, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17033

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Hershey History Center (https://allevents.in/org/hershey-history-center/5006999)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 40 Northeast Dr, Hershey, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17033
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Hershey History Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Connecting Hershey: Bridges, Roads, and the Routes that Built our Town ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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