Chapter #441 was formed in April of 2008 in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Hanover is located about an hour northwest of Baltimore, MD and between York and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Our chapter name comes from the fact that we are located just 6 miles north of the Mason-Dixon line which is the name given to the Maryland/Pennsylvania border. Hanover Pennsylvania is close enough to everywhere but just far enough away from it all. With Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Ocean City, MD and even New York City within 4 hours of our locations, we can ride in the mountains, or to the Atlantic Ocean, we can access high fashion in New York City, or watch the wheels of government turn in Washington, DC.
Our Logo
Our logo is a direct representation of our location. The flags of both states are merged together. Although the line between the flags is obvious, it is blurred as many of the people of this area freely move back an forth, working in one state, living in another and playing in both states.
Our Local History
The Mason–Dixon Line is a demarcation line between four states, forming part of the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia (then part of Virginia). It was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in the resolution of a border dispute between British colonies in Colonial America. The Missouri compromise of 1820, uses the Mason-Dixon Line symbolically as a cultural boundary between the Northern United States and the Southern United States.
Our area and it's people have witnessed, or participated in many historical events that shaped our country. York, PA was the Capital of the United States from September 30,1777 to June 27, 1778 as the Continental Congress, running from the British in Philadelphia, drafted The Articles of Confederation York, which in 1781 would be ratified by the colonies , establishing the "United States of America".
As the questions of slavery became a moral and political issue in the 1800's, York and Adams Counties helped maintain a more unusual form of transportation. The phrase "underground railway" supposedly originated in the southern Pennsylvania area as runaway slaves were assisted in their flight to more tolerant states.
Of course, Gettysburg is considered the "Turning Point" of the Civil War when the Blue and the Grey met in the tiny little town for 3 days that changed our country. Practically the whole town is a National Park where tourists from all over the world come to understand what happened on these hallowed grounds on July 1, 2, and 3rd of 1863.