A TRILOGY OF EVENTS: HALLOWEEN, ALL SAINTS DAY & ALL SOULS DAY (DIA DEL MUERTOS)
Contributed by Cheryl Watts
Many may think Halloween, celebrated on October 31st, is all about candy, carving pumpkins, costumes, ghosts, and ghouls. But there is, in fact, religious relevance. Halloween is part of a trilogy of celebrations.
Halloween has its origins in an ancient 3-day pagan festival, Samhain (SAH win) – meaning “summer’s […]
In celebration of October as Global Diversity Month, we would like to introduce you to the owners of the K2 Café in Poolesville. The pair originate from different cultures with different world views.
Ashar (pronounced like assure) Abbasi is from Pakistan, a country bordered by China, India, Iran, and Afghanistan. Near its border with China lays the forbidding K2 Mountain where not all those who have tried to climb have succeeded and survived.
Poolesville Commissioners, Hosanna Community Church, Historic Medley District (HMD), Poolesville High School, PHS Black Student Union and Montgomery County Remembrance and Reconciliation Commission invite you to a Community Conversation Circle hosted by Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project (MoCoLMP) at 6:30 p.m. on October 25th at Poolesville High School to discuss the installation of a historical marker to recognize the lynching of Mr. George Peck.
In 2019, Poolesville community members […]
Halley’s Comet takes around 76 years to make a complete revolution around the Sun. It will next be visible from Earth in 2061. The comet last passed through our Solar System in 1986, when the Sun softened some of the ice, allowing rock particles to break away from the comet. These particles continued along the comet’s trajectory and appear as meteors (“falling stars”) when the Earth passes through the debris field. One […]
Invite some friends or relatives to join you in one of the Poolesville Seniors movement classes this month to celebrate the Fall National Senior Health & Fitness Day on October 26. The goal is to promote the importance of regular physical activity, especially for seniors. Poolesville Seniors is here to provide opportunities for you to move and stay active.
On Wednesdays work on your balance with Tai Chi @ 11:00 am and get […]
The 2022 United States elections will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. During this midterm (non-presidential) election year, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. Thirty-nine state and territorial gubernatorial (including Maryland) and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested. This will be the first […]
The second Tuesday in October is Ada Lovelace Day, which honors an extraordinary mathematician, and celebrates women in STEM. You may have seen the movie “The Imitation Game” about Alan Turing and his Enigma machine which turned the tide of WWII by deciphering coded messages. Turing’s creation was inspired by the 100-year-old writings of mathematician Ada Lovelace.
Augusta Ada Byron was the daughter of the poet Lord Byron and was brought up by […]
Poolesville Seniors is hosting a Pig Roast and Line Dancing celebration at the Linden Farm Gothic Barn on Martinsburg Road. This property has a long history dating to the 1800s and the mid-century boom in agriculture. In 1980 Montgomery County purchased the property from the Matthew’s family and repaired and restored the farm buildings. Eventually the property was leased to Sugarloaf Citizens Association. There is a historical marker (ID# 146207) on the […]
Many thanks to Brad Stone, a volunteer with the National Museum of Civil War Medicine who fascinated our group with his presentation on the advances in medicine during the Civil War.
At the outbreak of the war, both sides expected a quick and bloodless conflict and were unprepared to tend to the thousands of wounded. William Hammond, the U.S. Surgeon General, and Jonathan Letterman the Medical Director of the Army of the […]
In 2008, Governor Larry Hogan issued a proclamation declaring October as “Walktober” and encouraging people of all ages to step out this Walktober to enjoy Maryland’s autumn beauty. Since then, Maryland’s official exercise has been walking.
This year, the month-long celebration includes the 8th Annual Walk Maryland Day on Wednesday October 5th. Thursday Walkinars scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to noon Oct. 6, 13, 20, and 27, will feature experts discussing pedestrian safety and […]