Join us on June 24 at 7 pm to learn the history of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal from George Washington’s vision to its days as a hub of commerce to its role in the Civil War to today’s efforts to preserve and protect […]
As part of our tribute to Dads on Father’s Day, June 20th, Poolesville Seniors wants to remind you of one of Dad’s most endearing qualities – DAD JOKES!! As you read through this week’s blog
The history of Father’s Day goes back to 1908 when a woman named Grace Golden Clayton organized a memorial service at a church in Fairmont, West Virginia to honor her own father and 361 other men who were killed the previous year in a coal mining explosion. This was the country’s first-ever event to strictly honor fathers.
The following year, a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd started her quest to establish Father’s Day as a […]
Amazon Shoppers…Want to help Poolesville Seniors? Ever heard of the giving program Amazon Smile? It’s a way to choose a non-profit like Poolesville Seniors to receive an Amazon donation at no additional cost to you. It’s so easy too!
To use the Amazon Smile program, go to https://smile.amazon.com/ and log into your regular Amazon account. Next, select “pick your own charitable organization” on the menu and type in “Poolesville Area Senior Center” and select.
That’s all! […]
This past week we enjoyed “MC and Me: The Gift that Kept on Giving” with Montgomery College Alumni, AAA Lobbyist and so much more- Lon Anderson. Lon shared with us stories of his career; Starting in journalism, getting involved in politics, and eventually lobbying for road safety as a figurehead for AAA. Did you know that his lobbying lead to the divider on the GW parkway which served to decrease head on collision deaths? We […]
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Unlike our current world, news in the 1860’s traveled slowly across the country and in Texas. Although the Civil War effectively ended with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee on April 9, 1865, the true end of the war did not occur until August 20, 1866. During the conflict, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, to be effective on January 1, 1863. The proclamation freed enslaved men, women […]