Editing New Freedom, Pennsylvania (section)

==Community==
[[File:York County Heritage Rail Trail, New Freedom, 2009.jpg|thumb|Section of the [[York County Heritage Rail Trail]] that runs through New Freedom.]] The York County Heritage Rail Trail cuts through the center of New Freedom. The trail, which was established in 1992, runs from just south of New Freedom {{convert|21|mi}} north into the city of [[York, Pennsylvania|York]]. The trail also connects to {{convert|20|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[Northern Central Railroad Trail]] in Maryland, heading south from the Mason-Dixon line.

Popular seasonal events in New Freedom include:
* The New Freedom Lions Club Carnival, held annually in July since the 1930s
* The Annual New Freedom Fest held the third weekend of September, a revival of the New Freedom's Farmers Improvement Fair that was held this same weekend in the early 1900s for many years
* Outdoor Movie Night held three times each summer where families can gather with their blankets and lawn chairs and enjoy a classic movie.

A community park in the middle of town is known as the "Freedom Green".
[[File:Lincoln Funeral Train replica.JPG|thumb|upright=1.3|''The Leviathan'', a replica of Abraham Lincoln's funeral train, in New Freedom]]
New Freedom teens attend [[Susquehannock High School]] and Southern Middle School, part of Pennsylvania's [[Southern York County School District]], as well as private schools including Shrewsbury Christian Academy, [[York Catholic High School]], or York Country Day School. In 2010, St. John the Baptist opened a new Roman Catholic Parochial School in the New Freedom borough.

New Freedom is home to the [[D. Landreth Seed Company]], which is the oldest seed company in America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saveseeds.org/biography/landreth/landreth_timeline.html|title=The D. Landreth Seed Co. Historical Timeline &ndash; Seedsmen.org|website=www.saveseeds.org|access-date=2019-09-29}}</ref>