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What Happened on this Date in History 

September 12 

1846 – Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning eloped 

1940 – Lascaux cave paintings discovered 

1951 – Sugar Ray Robinson regains his middleweight belt from Randy Turpin after two months. 

1953 – Nikita Khrushchev elected Soviet leader of USSR, succeeding Joseph Stalin. 

1953 – John F. Kennedy marries Jacqueline Bouvier. 

1995 – Harlem Globetrotters 8829-game winning streak is broken by “Kareem’s All-Stars” […]

Registrations are now open for the Poolesville Day 5K race. Find information at Poolesville Day 5K Run/Walk (runsignup.com) 

Mahjong Thursdays at Speer Hall (behind Poolesville Presbyterian) 10 am – 12:30 pm  

Bridge and Other Games Tuesdays at Speer Hall (behind Poolesville Presbyterian) 1 pm – 4:00pm.  

Poolesville Farmers Market Saturdays 9:00am to 1:00 pm at Whalen Commons. (20+) Poolesville Farmers Market | Facebook 

With droughts, wildfires, and increasingly violent storms becoming more frequent.  These weather events are even impacting people who don’t usually experience a major disaster. Other communities are going through the devastation of disasters multiple times a year without enough time to recover. It is more important than ever to observe National Preparedness Month this September.  

Established by FEMA in 2004, the purpose of this month is to reduce the fallout of […]

What Happened on this Date in history – September 5th 

1774 — First Continental Congress convenes 

1877 – Oglala Sioux leader, Crazy Horse is killed resisting confinement to the Guard House at Fort Robinson, Nebraska 

1958 – Dr. Zhivago first published in U.S. 

1969 – Lt. Calley charged for My Lai Massacre 

1970 – US launces last major offensive of the Vietnam war. 

1972 – Israeli athletes […]

Mahjong Thursdays at Speer Hall (behind Poolesville Presbyterian) 10 am – 12:30 pm  

Bridge Open Play Tuesdays at Speer Hall (behind Poolesville Presbyterian) 1 pm – 4:00pm.  

Poolesville Farmers Market Saturdays 9:00am to 1:00 pm at Whalen Commons. (20+) Poolesville Farmers Market | Facebook  

 Sarah Auer Pool – 3-hour sessions. Hours until August 28th— Noon-3:00 pm and 4:00 pm-7:00 pm. Labor Day […]

Friday evening Poolesville Seniors, family and friends enjoyed a wonderful time at Poolesville’s Seneca Polo Club. The weather was perfect for this event where over 35 people gathered to eat, drink and be merry. New f

Registration is now open!

Go Hog Wild and get your place at the table and on the dance floor for Poolesville Seniors’ Pig Roast & Line Dancing on October 15^th from 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. Bring your family, friends, and neighbors to join the fun at the Linden Farm Gothic Barn in Dickerson. Kick up your heels with music from DJ Zach Etheridge, dance instruction and line dancing with Robin Marshall, shredded […]

Members of the Village Piecemakers Quilt Guild, came together recently to make a heart quilt and raffle it off to raise funds for Ukraine. The Poolesville Presbyterian Church generously provided the use of Speer Hall for the project. Over the course of a few hours, fabric – the colors of the Ukrainian flag – was cut and pieced into thirty-six heart blocks. Borders were added and it was quilted and bound. In the next […]

Poolesville Seniors tries to pass along any security or scam alerts that we find. If you become aware of an alert that is of general interest, please contactinfo@poolesvilleseniors.org and we will publish it. 

Recently the Maryland Department of Transportation has issued a security alert: 

If you have received a text from “Maryland-MDot Urgent” addressing “MDot customer” with a link, please ignore the text. It is SPAM and has been […]

The John Poole House, the oldest building in Poolesville, was built by John Poole, Jr. In 1793. The building served as a trading post for traveling merchants and local families. In 1810 it housed Poolesville’s first U.S. Post Office. 

The frame portion of the building was added in 1866 and now serves as the Historic Medley District’s office which owns and preserved this historic building as well as the Old Bank Building and […]