Chambersburg has a history of a rainbow of ethnic immigration. Early on, the English and German population, and as seen in the article above, the Hungarians were present in substantial numbers. Of course "the Burg" has always been known as the preferred neighborhood for many of today's Italian Americans. Besides the classic double parking on the narrow Chambersurg streets, the early immigrants followed the old tradition of "cleanliness is next to godliness;" many of us old timers can recall residents sweeping their gutters, cleaning their porches and in many cases, washing their sidewalks.
