Heritage Days Celebration Part 1

The Trachtenberg staff visited some of the many Heritage Montgomery locations and events that were featured this past weekend (June 26-27) throughout Montgomery County.

Each year, on this last weekend of June, Heritage Montgomery hosts its signature event – the annual Heritage Days Celebration. This two-day, free-of-charge, county-wide event festival offers visitors an opportunity to sample over 40 sites representing the history, culture, and natural beauty of Montgomery County. In addition to the participation of larger, well-supported sites such as Glen Echo Park and the Sandy Spring Museum, Heritage Days offers visitors an opportunity to enjoy many small sites that are not regularly open to the public.

Naomi and her husband visited historic Clarksburg and the Button Farm with a restful stop at Black Hill Park in between.

In Clarksburg they enjoyed live music, good food and friendly people all while touring the featured sites via the free trolley! The highlights of their visit were stops at the 100 year old Clarksburg Elementary School and the Clarksburg United Methodist Church. At each stop their passport-style booklet was stamped and at the end of the visit, having collected all the stamps they collected a small gift which was a great way to end their wonderful visit to historic Clarksburg!

For more information about The Clarksburg Historical Society: P.O. Box 496. Clarksburg, MD 20871. Phone: 301-428-0190 email: JoannClarksburg@aol.com.

At the Button Farm Naomi and her husband walked through the heirloom vegetable garden and visited with Tony Cohen, director of the Menare Foundation and chatted with him about this living history farm. For more information about the Button Farm and the Menare Foundation: http://www.menare.org/buttonfarm.html and/or http://www.menare.org/menare.html.