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- Last Updated on Thursday, 30 July 2020 17:57
The Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency has announced that the Washington & Greene Counties’ Covered Bridge Festival originally scheduled for September 19-20, 2020 has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 emergency.
The traditional arts and crafts event have been held at eight locations in Washington County and includes more than 400 vendors.
According to Jeff Kotula, President of the Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency, the decision to cancel the event was to ensure public safety during the current COVID-19 situation. “The Covered Bridge Festival attracts over 20,000 visitors a year to Washington County and under the current guidelines established by the Pennsylvania Department of Health limiting events to 250 people, we cannot host the event. Our priority is for the safety of our guests and the people of Washington County,” stated Kotula.
The cancellation of the Covered Bridge Festival follows the cancellation of other events this summer in the county such as the Whiskey Rebellion Festival, PONY Baseball World Series, Washington County Agricultural Fair and West Alexander Fair.
For more information and evolving event schedules, please visit
www.VisitWashingtonCountyPA.com
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