Smithsonian to open Earl Shaffer exhibition

(York Daily Record) - The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., will open a new exhibition on York County native Earl Shaffer next month.
The exhibition, titled, "Earl Shaffer and the Appalachian Trail," will be featured in the Albert H. Small Documents Gallery, starting on July 10. It will focus on the fulfillment of Shaffer's childhood goal, to hike the Appalachian Trail, which stretches through 14 states from Georgia to Maine.
Featured items include Shaffer's trail diary from his pioneering 1948 hike, photographs he took along the trail, the maps he used and the boots he wore. Continued