Save The Date! HMD is Celebrating 250 Years of Montgomery County

Our Celebration is not to be missed!
Date: May 28th, 2026
Start Time: 6:00 pm
Location: The bucolic Bally Cliff Farm
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HMD Members’ Holiday Party 2025

2024 HMD's Members Holiday Party

Our annual holiday party is not to be missed!
Date: December 10, 2025
Time: 6:00 -8:00 pm
Location: John Poole House
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THE POOLESVILLE GHOST TOUR 2025

We’re back with bone chilling tales from Poolesville’s past!
Professor and folklore enthusiast Christine Rai will lead a hair-raising outdoor walking tour through the center of Poolesville, and tell the tales of dark histories and chilling hauntings associated with some of our oldest historic buildings.
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Heritage Days 2025 Weekend!

Heritage Montgomery's Heritage Days 2025 Image

Please join us this on June 28th and 29th for Heritage Montgomery’s Heritage Days. The Seneca Schoolhouse, John Poole House and Old Town Hall Bank Museum will be open to the public Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4 pm.
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The Barnesville Exhibit is Coming to Old Town Hall

Barnesville Exhibit at Old Town Hall Image

Please join this June 28th and 29th for the viewing of the Barnesville Exhibit at Old Town Hall
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HMD Members’ Holiday Party 2024

2024 HMD's Members Holiday Party

Our annual holiday party is not to be missed!
Date: December 11, 2024
Time: 6:00 -8:00 pm
Location: John Poole House
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THE POOLESVILLE GHOST TOUR 2024

We’re back with bone chilling tales from Poolesville’s past!
Enthusiast Lennon Gross will lead a hair-raising outdoor walking tour through the center of Poolesville, and tell the tales of dark histories and chilling hauntings associated with some of our oldest historic buildings.
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HMD’s popular Speaker Series is back!
The Life and Legacy of Noah Clarke, Poolesville’s Crusader for Black Schooling

Photograph of Noah E. Clark (date unknown). Noah E. Clarke was a crusader for black education and civil rights in Montgomery County, and can be fairly described as the Father of Secondary Education for his people in Montgomery County Maryland.

A conversation with Tina Clarke, moderated by HMD chair Knight Kiplinger, about the life and legacy of her remarkable grandfather, Noah Clarke (1878-1958), of the Jerusalem community in Poolesville.
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Poolesville Day, September 21st, 2024!

The John Poole House and the Poolesville Old Town Hall Bank Museum will be open.
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Forum on the History of Ferries and the C&O Canal and Their Impacts on Montgomery County’s Social and Economic Development

Whites Ferry

HMD, Montgomery History and the Fair Access Committee are cosponsoring a free, wonderful historic presentation on the Potomac Ferries of Western Montgomery County on Wednesday, July 17th at the Poolesville United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m.
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