Events for Jan 30, 2025 - Feb 20, 2025

Jon Wolz will lead a group of no more than 15 participants from Pennyfield Lock to Violette’s Lock and back along the C&O Canal towpath. The round trip is approximately 5 miles. Once back at Pennyfield Lock participants will have the opportunity to continue up the hillside to the remains of the Muddy Branch blockhouse. The climb up the hill is steep, but not slippery. There is no path and there are no signs describing its location. All that is left of [...]

Join Poolesville Seniors and Glenn Wallace to participate in a discussion of the Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory.  This ambitious project documented the existence of and the historic, cultural, and artistic value of every cemetery in the county.  Glenn will describe the process of coordinating the volunteers who visited and assessed 324 known cemeteries throughout the county. The resulting inventory is vital to the county planners’ ability to track and protect these burial grounds from development for future generations. Glenn Wallace, a cemetery archivist from Montgomery Village, merged his love of genealogy and history in his 33-year commitment to researching [...]

Join us on March 11, as Barnesville resident and author Steve Vogel speaks about his latest thriller Betrayal in Berlin. Learn the true story of the Berlin Tunnel, an audacious American -British Cold War operation involving the construction of a tunnel into East Berlin to tap into Soviet telecommunication lines and the operation’s betrayal by dangerous British spy, George Blake. Journalist, author, and Barnesville resident, Steve Vogel, reported for the Washington Post for more than two decades, writing frequently about the military. [...]

Wear your green and gather the whole clan for the big Virtual St. Patrick’s Day Party on March 13 at 7 – 8:30 pm. Invite your whole family and all your friends. Everyone will be Irish for the evening! Join us for traditional Irish songs, Irish trivia, Irish bingo, demos of Irish soda bread baking and Irish mixology, Irish party favors (while they last) and maybe an Irish surprise!  Mixology Ingredients List  Soda Bread Ingredients List Sing-A-Long Song Sheet

Join Poolesville Seniors on the third Thursday each month @7pm for another  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 [...]

Praying for Sheetrock by Melissa Fay Greene  Praying for Sheetrock is the non-fiction saga of the first black commissioner in a Georgia backwater seemingly bypassed by the civil rights movement. The political awakening of this isolated African American community in coastal McIntosh County is accelerated by events that challenge the power-wielding sheriff and generate a struggle for justice and dignity.  Author  Melissa Fay Greene was born in Macon, Georgia, moved in childhood to Dayton, Ohio, and graduated from [...]

Rev. Chuck Copeland will continue his discussion about the free black community of Martinsburg. We will hear about the monumental life change faced by former slaves whose lives had not been their own. We’ll follow their efforts to build and secure a “new” society after Emancipation, and the vital role of the Methodist Church and schools in building an individual identity, sense of self and community. There will be a question-and-answer session following.   Chuck Copeland has lived in Dickerson since 1993. This descendent of former slaves will be sharing with us the history of Martinsburg, formerly a part of a [...]

If you missed it 6 months ago, we're bringing it back by popular demand!  Join us for a screening of "Freed Slave Communities" a presentation by Skip Etheridge. Poolesville Seniors is proud to provide a special history lesson about the tiny settlements of freed slaves that surround the Poolesville area, revealing both the struggles and contributions of these communities. Our historical guide, Poolesville resident James “Skip” Etheridge,  is the son of a D.C. police officer [...]

Hilary Schwab, Poolesville’s own Edible Garden Girl, will decode tomatoes, explaining the different varieties and their best uses, and provide some gardening tips. We’ll join Hilary in her kitchen for tremendous tomato recipes and a live cooking demonstration of Bruschetta and Shakshuka.  Hilary Schwab,  a Poolesville professional photographer, created her Edible Garden Girl blog to illustrate her love of gardening and cooking and to honor the memory of her father who taught her the wonders of gardening. Hilary is featured in the online March 2021 BeInkandescent Health & [...]