News

Contributed by Visit Montgomery

In 1992, Poolesville held its first Poolesville Day. The event was a small affair, but it continued to be held each year, growing in size, number of vendors, entertainment venues, and attendees. Poolesville held parades in those days, but they were in celebration of the homecoming game. By 2004, Poolesville Day included a parade and instituted its first grand marshal. 

Now, Poolesville throws an annual shindig that welcomes more than […]

Did you know that there is a strong Polo culture here in Poolesville? Described by some as hockey on horseback, Polo is a team game played on horseback and one of the oldest known sports in the world. It is thought to have originated in ancient Persia. The modern game came from India in the 1800s where British soldiers adapted the game and used it for training cavalry riders. 

The British codified rules […]

The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial was designed to capture that moment in time at 9:37 a.m. on 9/11/2001 when 184 lives became intertwined for eternity. On the first anniversary of the attack a granite marker was laid at Arlington National Cemetery. In September 2002 after Pentagon repairs were completed, the America’s Heroes Memorial and chapel were located where American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building. In March 2003 a worldwide design competition judged […]

Today is the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest foreign attack on American soil since the attack on Washington, DC in War of 1812. On 9/11/2001, nineteen Saudi Arabian al-Qaeda operatives hijacked four commercial airplanes and crashed them into the Twin Towers in NYC, a field in Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon in Virginia.  

A total of 2,966 people died on 9/11/01, an additional 6,000 were injured and countless others have died in […]

Contributed by Cheryl Watts

In the U.S., Labor Day has become a symbol for the end of summer. For some it is a long weekend, an opportunity to enjoy a mini holiday and the last days of summer, a weekend of picnics, swimming and the sight and smell of barbeque smoke in the air.  

On June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed the law […]

The first week of September will mark the sixty-seventh anniversary of the end of segregation at what was then the Poolesville combined K-12 School. Montgomery County School Superintendent Forbes Norris and Poolesville Principal Robert Crawford began their tenures only a year before the 1954 landmark Supreme Court Decision, Brown v Board of Education, which declared segregated schools unconstitutional. Dr. Norris presided over the phased-in implementation of school desegregation in Montgomery County, the first county […]

Poolesville Seniors is planning our day at Poolesville Day on September 23rd. Starting early that day we will be setting up our booth for the Day and readying for the big march in the parade. There are multiple opportunities to help out.  

If you want to help plan the day, respond to the Volunteer page on our website and let us know if you want to be on the Poolesville Day […]

According to the U.S. Naval Observatory, there will be a full moon on August 30th when the Earth is positioned between the sun and the moon. The moon will reflect the greatest sunlight onto the Earth. 

Compounding this spectacular event are a number of other unusual factors. This will be the second full moon in August giving it the designation “Blue Moon”. The most recent blue moon occurred in October 2020. […]

The worlds of caregiving, aging and art collide in the art exhibit on view through September 17th at Riverworks Artist in the House Gallery at Locals Farm Market in Poolesville. The exhibition by Rockville community artist Patricia Dubroof, is supported by a 2023 Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant. In this ongoing project, Patricia is learning more about caregivers by conducting interviews with both family and professional caregivers.  

In […]

Truth and Hope Outreach is a local volunteer group that meets twice a month to work on outreach-targeted projects. In 2022, their outreach extended to local families and those in Peru, Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, India, Kenya, Cuba, and various Central American countries. 

Their contributions include comforters, baby bundles, eye glass cases, school kits, street packs, afghans, tablecloths, shoes, mirrors, personal hygiene items, and more. 

Because they believe in building community, the group […]