Events for Dec 4, 2025 - Sep 4, 2025

Need a getaway close to DC? Join Barbara Paulson on May 12th at 7 pm when she leads a virtual tour she is calling the Richness of Richmond. Discover the largest collection of Fabergé eggs this side of Moscow, the #4 Best Public Garden in US (USA Today), Civil War storytelling in a repurposed artillery factory, French-styled white cheddar grits served in an 18th century home, tours and tastings at an urban cidery, and the [...]

Join the PS! Book Club on May 16th at 7:00 pm, for a thoughtful discussion of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson, a masterful work by an award winning and renowned author.  In her most recent non-fiction book, Wilkerson presents the reader with a dark history of the scope of human violence. She looks at this history through the lens of caste systems as they exist in countries such as India, as [...]

Join Poolesville Seniors on May 19th  @7pm for 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 – standing as visual reminders of those who [...]

Poolesville Seniors is encouraging participation in the 5/22 County Executive Candidates Forum   Sunday, May 22, 2022 6:00 PM- 7:30 PMWhalen Commons Bandshell

More than two centuries before the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, British forces captured Washington and burned the Capitol during the War of 1812. Join local writer Steve Vogel in-person on May 24th at 7pm when the author of THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT: From the Burning of Washington to the Star-Spangled Banner (Random House), will bring to life the story of the British capture of Washington in 1814, the fight for Baltimore [...]

Join Eileen McGuckian, historian, author, and historic preservationist on May 26th at 7:00 pm for a look at the small town of Rockville that America’s favorite author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, knew in the 1920s. Learn about his connection to Rockville, and how he came to be buried in Rockville – twice – thirty-five years apart!  Eileen McGuckian holds a BA degree from the University of Maryland, an MA from Western Maryland college, and a Master of [...]

Join Ralph Buglass from the Montgomery County Historical Society on June 2nd at 7pm for a discussion of one- and two-room schoolhouses in Montgomery County. The one-room schoolhouse symbolizes the earliest days of public education.   In Montgomery County a surprising number of those one- and two-room schoolhouses still exist—in one form or another. This presentation tells the early history of public education in the county, including the nearly century-long practice of school segregation dubbed “separate [...]

Join us for an in-person Quarterly Event on June 7th at 2 pm as award-winning actress and Smithsonian Scholar Mary Ann Jung brings us her fascinating History Alive show SALLY RIDE-REACH FOR THE STARS! This lively program has delighted audiences at the Kennedy Space Center and the National Air and Space Museum. Blast off for adventure with Dr. Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut, and learn about her 1983 journey and its challenges. Then in [...]