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AREA GUIDES tionally known community. Through-out the area, visitors will find reminders of its sweet heritage, from the heavenly smell of chocolate in the making to streets like Chocolate and Cocoa Avenues that are lined with Hershey’s Kisses street lights. The Hershey Lodge is a full-service resort located in Hershey, offering 665 guest rooms and 100,000 sq. ft. of function space. Hershey Lodge is Pennsylvania’s Largest Convention Resort and is part of Hershey Resorts, which also includes The Hotel Hershey, The Spa At Hotel Hershey, Hershey Country Club, and Hershey High-meadow Campground. Hershey is located 15 minutes from Harrisburg International Airport., where eight major airlines operate offering nearly 100 daily flights to and from Harrisburg. VALLEY FORGE The historic site of General Washing- ton’s encampment during the Revo- lutionary War, Valley Forge National Historical Park in Valley Forge is a high- park, you can see the Monument to Patriots of African Descent and how African-Americans’ proud history of service in our Armed Forces began here. The compelling stories of soldiers, slaves, and abolitionists from the Revolution through the Civil War are told. Valley Forge is especially attractive as Woman in historical period dress Photo Credit: Valley Forge CVB ly visited site. Of all places associated with America’s War for Independence, none conveys the suffering, sacrifice and ultimate triumph of our nation more than this national park. Visitors to this 3,600- acre park stop first to see a timeline of the Revolution and learn about the diversity of the Army, where one in six soldiers was African-American. Throughout the a meeting, convention or tradeshow site. It offers affordability, great facilities, easy access by air and rail, and is situated at the crossroads of four major interstate highways. For meeting planners seeking the ideal place to plan a business meet- ing, convention or tradeshow, the Valley Forge area means nearly 7,500 first-class hotel rooms, comprising 50 hotels, 14 full- service convention hotels and eight state- of-the-art conference centers. It also offers the privately owned and operated 150,000-sq. ft. Valley Forge Con-vention Center WHO YOU GONNA CALL? Valley Forge CVB – (610) 834-1550 www.valleyforge.org 88 Black Meetings & Tourism March/April 2010: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com