50 Years of Smucker Family Hospitality

Our Smucker Family’s successful experiment with hospitality began in 1968 when we built a motel in the pasture of our Bird-in-Hand farm. Guests soon found our 30-room Bird-in-Hand Motor Inn along the historic Old Philadelphia Pike where they enjoyed wide-open spaces and views of farming country. Two years later we opened the Bird-in-Hand Motor Inn Restaurant next to the motel to offer Pennsylvania Dutch foods that were, according to our slogan in 1970, “Home Cooking at its Best!”

How We Became the Bird-in-Hand Family of Properties

This first video in our series highlighting the company’s last 50 years gives an introduction to how we built up our Bird-in-Hand Family of Properties.

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Meet some of the People Who Made the Bird-in-Hand Family of Properties

Our video series continues, highlighting the history of the people who formed the foundation of the Bird-in-Hand Family of Properties.

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A Little Bird-in-Hand History

We continue our 50th Anniversary video series with a look at Bird-in-Hand town history.

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Events in Bird-in-Hand

Over the last 50 years of business, Bird-in-Hand has become a place with lots of fun events that make the memories of a lifetime. We continue our 50th anniversary video series by celebrating some of those events.

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Then & Now

Life has changed a lot in the last 50 years. Let’s take a look at 1968 versus 2018.