Editing Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania (section)

===A town divided===
Less than a century ago, Sharpsburg was divided into two sections because of a railroad track that went through the location where Kennedy Park currently sits. There were two fire departments, one on each side of the tracks. There were two schools on each side of the track as well, one "up street" and one "down street". Once the railroad tracks weren’t used anymore, the railcars sat vacant on the tracks. The Junior Chamber of Commerce in Sharpsburg went to the railroad company as well as the Heinz family to try to change something about this. The Heinz family said they would help build a park if it was used for recreation purposes only. The park was built around the time when President [[John F. Kennedy]] was assassinated, and that is why the area was named Kennedy Park.

Today, Sharpsburg continues to boast pride of its industrial past while looking forward to the opportunities of economic growth within the business district, and its residents enjoy being a part of this unique riverfront community.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sharpsburgborough.com/history/history.html |title=Sharpsburg News |website=www.sharpsburgborough.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615124204/http://www.sharpsburgborough.com/history/history.html |archive-date=June 15, 2008}}</ref>