HARMONY, Pennsylvania — It was hard not to get caught up in the Christmas season this past weekend if you were anywhere near this tiny little Butler County borough whose recorded history began in 1753 when a then 21-year-old George Washington spent the night here on his trip to French Creek, only to be shot at on his way back to Virginia by a French-allied native.

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