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Washington County Museum Ramble has planes, trains, old autos, cooking demos and more
The Museum Ramble, a self-guided tour including 24 museums and historic sites from Clear Spring to Smithsburg, will be Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5. Some museums will be open only one day. A printed guide and map to participating sites are...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Tourism and Leisure, Artists, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture
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Re-enactors cover all walks of 18th-century life during Fort Frederick's Market Fair
alnotarianni@aol.comTraders pulled primitive carts full of wares across fields in the cool morning air. Servants used long sticks to stir stew in sturdy black pots, and a town crier announced an auction to take place after noon. The wistful tunes of a fife sailed in the...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Travel, State Parks, Colonial Williamsburg
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U.S., county celebrated bicentennials in 1976
"Rediscover America 1976 Bicentennial Celebration, United States of America-Washington County, Maryland, 1776-1976" was the full name of an event that would involve most of the members of the Washington County Historical Society and the community, as a...Tags: Festive Events, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Abraham Lincoln, Mack Trucks, Inc., Washington, DC
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Spring cultural and historical day trips offered
The Continuing Education and Business Services Division at Hagerstown Community College is offering several cultural and historical day trips this spring. “Spies of Washington and the International Spy Museum” will take participants to...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Washington, DC, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Travel
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Weekend calendar - April 13
Spring arts and craft show Arts and crafts vendors will sell handcrafted furniture and primitives, scroll saw wooden pieces, silk flower arrangements, Bolivian textiles, oil paintings and more. Several authors will sign and sell copies of their books....Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Religion and Belief, Christianity, Entertainment, Entertainment Events
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Boaze to speak at Historical Society meeting
Living history interpreter Raleigh Boaze will speak to the Sharpsburg Historical Society at Sharpsburg Town Hall Tuesday, March 12. Boaze will appear in the persona of a backwoodsman dressed in period clothing and carrying the weapons and...
Tags: Education, Religion and Belief, Spaghetti, Schools, Foods and Beverages
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Weekend calendar - Feb. 9
Chocolate Festival Chocolate candies, cookies, Valentine’s gift baskets and more. 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Trinity United Church of Christ, 29 East Ave., State Line, Pa. Model train sale Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum will hold its winter model...Tags: Music, Auction Service, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Abraham Lincoln, Entertainment
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Five for your planner: Wednesday, Feb. 6
1. Murderer among friends "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie will be presented 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; matinee Sunday, Feb. 24, at The Washington County Playhouse Dinner Theater, 44 N. Potomac St., downtown Hagerstown. Show opesn Friday, Feb. 8,...
Tags: Music, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Agatha Christie, Entertainment, Entertainment Events
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Fort Frederick to host French and Indian War anniversary event
The French, the British and Woodland Indian Nations will return to Maryland to recreate the French & Indian War. A reenactment will be presented at Fort Frederick State Park on the weekend of Friday, July 26, through Sunday, July 28. During the event a...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Land in Williamsport known as 'one-man grave' has rich history
julieg@herald-mail.comAbove a western bank of the Conococheague Creek on Williamsport’s edge sits a small plot of land, surrounded on three sides by a chain-link fence in various stages of disrepair. Dump trucks rumble by on Md. 68, passing the guardrail on the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Human Interest
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Washington County offers personal heritage tourism
The weekend of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, they came from North Dakota, Texas, Massachusetts, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Nebraska, which had the largest contingency, and met with an equal number from Maryland to...Tags: Prince George's County, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Research
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Fort Frederick to host Ghost Tour Saturday, Oct. 20
Special to The Herald-MailIt was a harrowing time to live in Western Maryland. As the French and Indian War raged, hapless settlers found themselves in the midst of raids so fearsome that a fort was needed — one with stone walls 4 feet thick and 20 feet high in places...Tags: Ghosts (supernatural entities), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), State Parks, Smallpox
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