Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine to hold CrabFeast on Sept. 11
Event held in conjunction with National Fallen Firefighter's 9/11 Memorial
(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - 8/13/2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ...
CONTACT:
Todd Willman
Communications Associate
National Shrine of Elizabeth Ann Seton
(301) 447-7165
The National Seton Shrine and the Daughters of Charity will host a community CrabFeast on Saturday, Sept. 11, at St. Joseph's Provincial House, 333 S. Seton Ave., in Emmitsburg, from 1 to 5 p.m.
The popular CrabFeast event is expected to draw several hundreds from Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey with an afternoon full of food, fun, drinks, prize drawings, 50/50 drawings, live entertainment from jazz band “Jazz Me,” and more.
Cost of the all-you-can-eat event is $65 per person for those over 21 and features Maryland blue crabs, fried chicken, pulled barbecue, corn-on-the-cob, baked potatoes, sliced watermelon, Maryland crab soup, baked beans, and other foods.
A specially priced $235 Weekend Getaway Package is available through the Sleep Inn in Emmitsburg, which includes one night accommodations as well as two tickets to the CrabFeast and two Sunday tickets to the Gettysburg Wine Festival in nearby Gettysburg. The Gettysburg Wine Festival features wines from many Pennsylvania wineries as well as music, vendors and cooking demonstrations. Weekend Package information is available by contacting the Sleep Inn at (301) 447-0044.
Visitors to CrabFeast in Emmitsburg can also enjoy open admission to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s 9/11 Memorial for viewing of the 40-foot tall bronze sculpture “To Lift a Nation” which honors the heroes of Sept. 11, 2001.
The sculpture - depicting the famous image of three firefighters raising the American flag at Ground Zero - is located within The National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Park on the grounds of the National Fire Training Academy (part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), immediately adjacent to St. Joseph’s Provincial House.
Proceeds from the 2010 CrabFeast help support the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and the elderly and retired sisters of the Daughters of Charity currently residing at St. Joseph’s.
More information on the upcoming 2010 CrabFeast can be found at www.setonshrine.org.
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