St. Lucia Day, December 13, also known as the Festival of Light, is a day of celebration in Sweden, in the spirit of Advent and Christmas. Young girls are dressed in white robes with a red sash, with one girl, selected as “Lucia” who wears a crown of lit candles (or battery powered ones), the others carrying a single candle. Processions with singing and revelry abound.
At home, the eldest girl dresses up […]
Come meet Senior Planet in Montgomery, an organization which works to empower seniors and to change the way we age. Senior Planet is the flagship program of Older Adults Technology Services (OATS). OATS mission is to help seniors harness technology. Find out more information
For many years, Poolesville Memorial United Methodist Church has partnered with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church to offer a FREE monthly dinner to their Poolesville neighbors. Each month, people from across the spectrum of humanity come together to prepare, share, chat, eat, and be one with each other.
The two churches alternate hosting the dinner on the first Wednesday of the month. PMUMC will host the dinner December 3rd, (and in February, […]
The Village Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild, a group of women in Poolesville and the upcounty, are exhibiting “Book Quilts” at the Maggie Nightingale Library at 6:00 p.m. on December 4th. Beloved children’s books get an artistic and cozy interpretation in quilts. Come learn about the stories behind the quilts and meet some of the quilters!
This women’s quilting group dates to October 1995, and was started by Sharon Miller, […]
Poolesville is very fortunate to have a vibrant culture of art, theater, and dance unusual for such a small town. On December 6th at 1 and 6 pm, Hope Garden Children’s Ballet Theater will present its holiday production at the JCC Bender Kreeger Auditorium in Rockville, MD. A Winter’s Eve, celebrating the […]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is observed on December 7th to remember and honor the 2,403 Americans who were killed eighty-four years ago in the 1941 Japanese surprise dawn attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. As a result, the United States declared war on Japan and entered World War II. FDR called this “a day that will live in infamy’.
Japanese planes attacked the U.S. […]
For over twenty years the Poolesville Odd Fellows Lodge #97 has been fulfilling a keystone of its service mission, to care for widows and orphans, by sponsoring a Holiday Luncheon and social get together. This highly anticipated event is scheduled for Saturday, December 13th from 12:30 – 3:00 p.m. at the Poolesville Memorial United Methodist Church.
A special gift of the IOOF is letting people know that they are cared for. This […]
Home is where you hang your lights, so get in the holiday spirit and dazzle your friends and neighborhood with your decorations!
This year the Town of Poolesville is hosting a new style of Holiday Lighting Contest. The contest is open to all Poolesville residents and businesses. If you would like to participate in the contest, please register your home or business. Registration forms must be received by December 15th.
After you have eaten several Thanksgiving dinners, sandwiches, and ham or turkey salad what else can you do with the Thanksgiving meal leftovers? Here are some suggestions!
Never waste the turkey carcass or the ham bone. After you remove all the meat from the bones, Ham or Turkey Bone Soup should be next on the menu. Your crock pot makes it easy. Load the ham bone or turkey carcass and […]
Contributed by Cheryl Watts
In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Native Americans shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, during the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each year. The first Thanksgiving meal in Plymouth […]