Many people have wondered how Black Hill Park got its name. Well, it was named after the Black Hills of South Dakota, famous for its gold mines in the 1870s. […]
MoCo History
With graduation right around the corner and the 2024 commencement speaker announcement for MCPS schools coming soon, we thought we would take a look back twenty years at some of the speakers for the class of 2004.
Montgomery History will host “Montgomery Agriculture: From Tobacco to Today,” a free online presentation beginning May 6. (more…)
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Montgomery History will host “The Great Road: 355 from Georgetown to Frederick”, a free online presentation beginning April 29. (more…)
“Montgomery County’s Gift to D.C.: The Washington Aqueduct” an online presentation from Montgomery History, will take place on Tuesday, April 23.
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Update: Rockland Farm responds to statement from White’s Ferry owners here.
White’s Ferry owners–Chuck and Stacy Kuhn–have formally offered to donate the White’s Ferry operation to Montgomery County. This most recent offer has been described by the Kuhn family as “part of their commitment to getting the ferry operational to preserve history, save jobs, and reduce traffic.”
Article by Ben Shlesinger In 2020 there were almost 5,800 movie theaters and drive-ins across the country. Just 15 years earlier though, there were more than 7,700 of these cinema […]
“Mills in Montgomery,” an online presentation from Montgomery History, will be available to watch on-demand beginning Monday, April 15. (more…)
Having fulfilled the 2023 goal of establishing the Scotland Juneteenth Heritage Festival as one of the major cultural events centered around the national holiday in the DMV, Juneteenth Scotland Foundation Inc. will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. on April 19 at 7700 Scotland Drive to highlight key elements of the upcoming 2024 festival — including the names of the five other non-profit organizations which will share in the net proceeds.
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