8th ANNUAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY HERITAGE DAYS

Saturday & Sunday, June 25 & 26th 12-4p.m.

Spend your weekend exploring, discovering and learning about Montgomery County's exciting past at this free, countywide event. 37 historic sites and communities open their doors with activities, tours, exhibits and more...For more information call (301-515-0753) or look on the web at www.heritagemontgomery.org.

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL SITES

1. Oakley Cabin
OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY
3610 Brookeville Road, Brookeville
(301)-563-3400 / www.mncppc-mc.org
This African American historic site, built in the 1820's to house enslaved people, was later part of a roadside community. There will be demonstrations of 19th century crafts and tours of the cabin. Free cornbread and lemonade will be served. FAMILY FRIENDLY

2. Sandy Spring Museum & African Art Gallery
OPEN SATURDAY
18524 Brooke Road, Sandy Spring
(301)-774-4066 / www.sandyspringslavemuseum.org
Step back in time! Tour our cross-section of a slave clipper ship, the Arts Pavilion and the Hallowell Cabin. Ribs on the Run will be available for sale.

3. St. Paul Community Church
OPEN SATURDAY
14730 Sugarland Lane, Poolesville
(301)-330-3937
On site tour of the church and cemetery, artifacts and history of the community will be on display. Members of the original families will be on site to share the history of the area. The Will of God Mission gospel choir under the leadership of Pastor Richard Dorsey and Co Pastor Mary Dorsey will perform at 1:00 pm. Refreshments will be available.

4. Warren Historic Site
OPEN SATURDAY
22625 Whites Ferry Road, Martinsburg
(301) 972-7263
This is a unique group of buildings dates back to the 1860's. The church is still in use. Exhibits & photographs will be displayed and there will be tours of the site. An oral history program will take place throughout the day.

HISTORICAL SCHOOLS & EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES

5. National Park Seminary Historic District
OPEN SATURDAY
Linden Lane & Woodstock Ave., Silver Spring
(301) 589-1715 / www.saveourseminary.org
Guided walking tours at 1:00 and 2:30 p.m. This is the last opportunity to tour the historic district before the site is renovated.

6. Brookeville One- Room Schoolhouse
5 North Street, Brookeville www.townofbrookevillemd.org
OPEN SATURDAY
This typical 19th century two-room schoolhouse is being restored by the Town of Brookeville. On display will be photographs of early students and the restoration process, McGuffey Readers, slates for lessons and other items of historic interest.
FAMILY FRIENDLY

7. Brookville Academy
Georgia Ave., Brookeville www.townofbrookevillemd.org
OPEN SATURDAY
A restored, two story, early nineteenth century school adapted for use as a town community center. Light refreshments will be available. Enjoy walking through this historic town.

8. Seneca Schoolhouse Museum
OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY
16800 River Road, Poolesville
(301)-972-8588 / www.historicmedleydistrict.org
Picnic under the trees on the site of this 1865 schoolhouse built of Seneca sandstone. Guided museum tours by costumed docents, gift shop will be open and activities for children are planned.

9. Smithville-Rosenwald School and Museum
OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY
811 East Randolph Road, Silver Spring
(301)-879-3700
This newly renovated school built in 1927 served African-American children fro 1927-1952. On display will be memorabilia and items associated with African-American education in Montgomery County.

EARLY MONTGOMERY COUNTY TOWNS

10. Sandy Spring Museum
OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY
17901 Bentley Road, Sandy Spring
(301)-774-0022, www.sandyspringmuseum.org
Visit our new children's living history gallery and hands-on room. Stroll through the exhibit hall which features a working hearth kitchen. There will be demonstrations of blacksmithing, spinning, rope making, old-fashioned games.

11. Hyattstown Mill Arts Project
OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY
14920 Hyattstown Mill Road, Hyattstown
(301)-874-2452 / hmap4art@aol.com
Enjoy a graphic arts experience at the Mill with an exhibition of "Barns, Farms and Open Spaces; Printmakers Celebrate the Agricultural Reserve". Watch printmaking demonstrations and delight in hands-on activities for young Picassos.

12. Davis House in Hyattstown
OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
26020 Frederick Road, Hyattstown
The "Georgetown to Frederick" Great Road Museum at the Davis House is located in Hyattstown, Montgomery County Historic District. The Davis House is an elegant brick federal style home built in ca. 1812 by George Davis. Tour the house and learn about its restoration, the Great Road and Historic Hyattstown. Exhibits of photographs and artifacts. Posters, books, brochures and photographs available for purchase.

13. Milton Chapel
OPEN SUNDAY
26200 Frederick Road, Hyattstown www.MiltonRidge.com
This small chapel in historic Hyattstown has been recently restored. The chapel built in 1875 reflects the charming architectural simplicity of a nineteenth century country church. Free historic brochures will be available and a string ensemble will play a selection of 19th century music.


14. John Poole House General Store
OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
19923 Fisher Avenue, Poolesville
(301)-972-8588 / www.historicmedleydistrict.org
Guided tours, Civil War experts, gift shop, art show and sale, picnic in the blooming arboretum. FAMILY FRIENDLY

15. Courthouse Square - City of Rockville
OPEN SATURDAY
Historic District Commission
29 Courthouse Square, Rockville
(240)-314-8232 / www.rockvillemd.gov/historic
Connect with Rockville's history in front of the Red Brick Courthouse. The city's historic preservation staff will offer displays, publications, and information on local history and historic preservation programs. Exhibits will feature Wooton Mill Park with photographs and information on some of the founding fathers of Montgomery County.

16. Red Brick Courthouse
OPEN SATURDAY
29 Courthouse Square, Rockville
(301) 762-0096 / www.peerlessrockville.org
Explore colonial Rockville with a special exhibit and walking tours of downtown Rockville. Walking tours at 12:15, 1:30, and 2:45. Tours of the Red Brick Courthouse throughout the afternoon. Discover the role of the Indian trails and colonial taverns and the road that led to war. Find out about local history resources at Peerless Rockville. Open house and tours of the Historic Red Brick Courthouse. Refreshments.

17. Beall-Dawson House
OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
SPECIAL EVENTS PLANNED FOR SATURDAY
103 W. Montgomery Avenue, Rockville
(301)-762-1492 / www.montgomeryhistory.org
The 19th historic house museum will be open for tours. Special exhibits are: Among My Souvenirs and Braddock's March 1755. Also on exhibit will be student projects from National History Day. Saturday only: French & Indian War reenactors will help bring the period of the mid-18th century to life, make homemade ice cream, a dreamcatcher and a sundial. Student history performances. Look on
website for times and performances.

18. Town of Somerset
OPEN SATURDAY
4510 Cumberland Ave., Chevy Chase
(301)-657-3211 / www.townofsomerset.com
There will be talk on the history of this lovely old town at 2:00, followed by a walking tour and "History Treasure Hunt".

EARLY TRANSPORTATION

19. Gaithersburg Community Museum
OPEN SATURDAY
B&O Railroad Station
9 South Summit Avenue, Gaithersburg
(301)-258-6160 / www.gaithersburghistorical.org
The museum will be open and an exhibit of historic tools will be on display. Tours of the building and the rolling stock will be given. Outdoor walking tour.

20. Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Volunteer Fire Dept. Museum
OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
13 East Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg
The museum features memorabilia, pictures, a restored 1941 Diamond T fire truck and a 1938 Seagrave, on which children can fulfill their fantasy of driving a fire truck. Souvenirs will be available.

21. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station
OPEN SATURDAY
8100 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
(301)-495-4915/ www.montgomerypreservation.org
See the award winning restoration of this 1945 railroad station. Free paper conductor's hats, and Thomas the Tank Engine train table for children. Also featured is a N-scale model railroad exhibit.

22. C&O Canal at the Monocacy Aqueduct
OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Route 28 to Mouth of Monacacy Road, Dickerson
www.nps.gov/choh/history/structures/monocacy.htm
Monocacy Aqueduct on the C&O Canal. Visit this newly restored 172 year old seven-arched aqueduct, 500 feet in length spanning the Monocacy River.

HIDDEN TREASURES

23. Woodlawn Manor Living History Museum
OPEN SUNDAY
16501 Norwood Road, Sandy Spring
(301)-570-5722
The living history museum features an 18th century brick manor house, stone barn and outbuildings surrounded by extensive meadows, woods and streams. The start of the Underground Railroad Heritage Trail.

.24. Glen Echo Park, Partnership for the Arts and Culture
OPEN SATURDAY
7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo
(301)-634-2225 www.glenechopark.org.
Glen Echo Park: Then and Wow! Enjoy family games and activities, tour the new trolley exhibit, dance and take dancing lessons in the Spanish Ballroom, ride the carousel. There will also be exhibits about the Park's history and its role in the civil rights movement.

25. Silver Spring Historical Society
OPEN SATURDAY
Acorn Park located at the corner of East-West Highway
www.sshistory.org
The Silver Spring Historical Society will have historical displays set up at Acorn Park, location of the original "silver" spring. Displays will feature rare archival images of the spring discovered by Francis Preston Blair in 1840, as well as the 1945 Canada Dry Bottling Plant, located diagonally from the park.

26. Waters House
OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
12535 Milestone Manor Lane, Germantown
(301)-515-2887 www.montgomeryhistory.org
Enjoy the photographic exhibit documenting Montgomery County's barns and rural scenes by Mike Dwyer. Sunday only: Mike Dwyer will be in the gallery to talk about the exhibit. Make a weather vane and other activities highlighting the county's agricultural heritage will be featured

27. Gaithersburg International Latitude Observatory
OPEN SATURDAY
100 DeSellum Avenue, Gaithersburg
(301) 258-6330 / www.gaithersburg.md.gov
The City of Gaithersburg will open this unique historic property for tours. Bryan Blundell, who restored the Observatory in 1990, will be on hand to give tours and to talk about the building's role in the efforts of scientists to determine the "wobble of the earth"

28. Clara Barton National Historic Site
OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
5801 Oxford Road, Glen Echo
(301)-492-6245 / www.nps.gov/clba
Tour the home of the founder of the Red Cross. This "Steamboat Gothic" Victorian house has been beautifully restored.

HISTORICAL AGRICULTURE

29. Agricultural History Farm Park
OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
18100 Muncaster Road, Derwood
(301)-670-4661
Visit a turn-of-the-century farm. This year's many special events include; horses and mules, binding wheat, cultivating corn and some plowing and disking. Visitors can help load the wheat shocks, hoe potatoes, and much more. Farm buildings will be open. You will also be able to see farm animals.

30. King Barn Dairy Mooseum
OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
South Germantown Recreational Park,
18028 Central Park Circle, Germantown
(301) 528-6530
Tour this historic dairy barn, with displays of artifacts, demonstrations and craft activities for young visitors.

31. Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine
OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY
103 W. Montgomery Avenue, Rockville
(301)-762-1492 / www.montgomeryhistory.org
Dr. Stonestreet will be holding office hours. Learn how to make pills, remove bullets as well as the simple realities of medical knowledge of the 19th century.

32. Monocacy Confederate Chapel & Cemetery
OPEN SUNDAY
Route 28 & Route 109, Beallsville
(301) 831-9078
Confederate Chapel Open House, living history and historical Civil War artifacts will be displayed.

33. Ride the Historic Whites Ferry for FREE.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
24801 Whites Ferry Road, Dickerson
301-349-5200
There will be free round trip rides, for foot passengers on the Jubal Early, the only ferry operating in Montgomery County. The ferry crosses the Potomac River every 20 minutes, a short distance downriver from White's Ford where J.E.B Stuart's cavalry crossed during the Civil War.

Enjoy tea after a fun day of touring at one of these four enchanting, historic establishments. 3:00 - 4:00
Reservations are required, call individual sites for information and reservations. A portion of the proceeds from the tea will go to support heritage activities in Montgomery County. $20 per person.

34. Irish Inn at Glen Echo
6119 Tulane Avenue, Glen Echo
301-229-6600
Saturday and Sunday 3:00 - 4:00
Enjoy a traditional full service Irish tea. The inn was built in the early 1900's and was a private residence and has been restored recently. The Inn is next door to Glen Echo park.

35. Comus Inn
23900 Old Hundred Road, Dickerson
301-349-5100
Sunday only 3:00 - 4:00
Enjoy pastries and tea at this fine dining restaurant. The Inn recently restored features dining rooms and beautiful patio that overlook Sugarloaf Mountain and has received glowing reviews.

36. Gaithersburg Inn
104 Russell Avenue, Gaithersburg
301-349-5100
Saturday and Sunday 3:00 - 4:00
An English tea will be served. This is a newly restored 1892 Victorian home in the Walker-Brookes Historic District of Gaithersburg. The Inn is not a Bed and Breakfast.

37. Woodlawn Manor Living History Museum
16501 Norwood Road, Sandy Spring
301-570-5722
Sunday only 3:00 - 4:00
A three course English tea will be served in this 18th century brick mansion, with a stone barn, surrounded by extensive meadows and stream