Join Alan Pultyniewicz, MoCo Recycling Coordinator on Zoom, Thursday June 8th at 7:00 p.m. Did you know that Montgomery County has a goal to reduce waste and recycle more, aiming for Zero Waste? Learn ways you can reduce waste, reuse materials, and recycle right to maximize the amounts of materials recycled in Montgomery County. If you are not quite sure about what you should recycle, Alan will answer your questions about the types of [...]

Join Brad Stone in-person on June 13th at 7:00 p.m., as this National Museum of Civil War Medicine volunteer outlines how animals served our nation during that period. In fact, animals played an indispensable role in nearly every major aspect of the Civil War.   Contributions were made by a wide variety of animals including dogs, cats, camels, badgers, pigs, silkworms, and almost elephants. Farm animals were sources of vital food and war materials. Horses [...]

Join Poolesville Seniors on June 15th @7pm for the next Historic Ag Reserve Properties presentation with local historian Kenny Sholes. The lands around us have played an important part in American history over the last few centuries. The fields we pass through each day have spurred economic development, been the scene of battles, provided escape from the pace of daily life, and brought families together at the dinner table. Dotting this landscape is an array of impressive historic homes – [...]

Come join the Poolesville Seniors on June 19th at 10:00 a.m. when we will tour lockhouse 24 at Riley's Lock. The tour will be given by lockhouse docent Shelby Garrison. The house's decor depicts life in the 1870s when lock keeper Allen Benson lived there with his family. This very well restored lockhouse is one and a half stories over a full basement.   After the tour, join Jon Wolz for a pop-up walk where [...]

Join Fred Smoak on June 22nd at 7:00 p.m. for a Zoom presentation on his cycling adventures across the USA, some over 4,000 miles long. Hear about the people, places, experiences, and Bike Adventure, the unique organization that supports these bicycling adventures to raise funds for new housing and repairs for those in need. Presenter Bio: Mr. Smoak earned an MBA from American University and a degree in psychology from Emory University, and he [...]

Join Poolesville Seniors for Friday Movie Night on June 23rd at 7 p.m. Watch Belfast, a 2021 Kenneth Branagh release starring Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan and Jude Hill in a coming-of age story that follows a young boy's childhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the beginning of The Troubles in 1969. Biography- Drama. PG-13. Please pre-register for this in-person event. Snacks provided.  Location: Speer Hall, Poolesville Presbyterian Church, 17800 [...]

Join the PS! Book Club on June 26th when we discuss The Diamond Eye, a historical fiction work by Kate Quinn, the New York Times bestselling author. This is the unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm history student, Lyudmila Pavlichenko,  who became one of the first Soviet female snipers, and history's deadliest female sniper. It is based on a true story.   Because of the Juneteenth holiday, the Book Club meeting has [...]

Join us on June 29th at 7:00 p.m. for Byline: Ernie Pyle, a one-man show created by Steve LaRocque of the Montgomery History Speakers Bureau. This program showcases excerpts from the famous wartime newspaper columns of Pulitzer Prize winning WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle. One of the first “embedded” reporters, Ernie Pyle wrote a column that ran daily in the Scripps-Howard newspapers during World War II. President Harry S. Truman spoke of how Pyle “told [...]