Rande Davis will entertain us with a history of the many and varied celebrations held in Poolesville over more than a century. Zoom in to hear what the Montgomery County Fair, a Chautauqua and two 150th Anniversaries have to do with Poolesville? Join Rande as he acquaints us with some of these joyous times in Poolesville’s history.
Rande is a 40-year resident of Poolesville. He is a former publishing executive with Time Warner in New York City, owner of RSD Marketing, a publishing firm, and is the co-publisher and co-editor of the Monocacy Monocle. He writes a featured column titled Mystery History for the newspaper as well as other historically oriented articles. Rande was also on the Board of Directors of the Historic Medley District LLC for more than 10 years. For 6 of those years, he was its Executive Director. Mr. Davis often portrays a living history rendition of John Poole Jr., as he provides historical background to groups about the John Poole House trading post, the Old Town Hall and Bank Museum, the Seneca Schoolhouse, and the old church and former town hall that now houses the Friendly Thrift Shop.