Boonesborough Days festival brings arts and Civil War relics
The 28th Boonesborough Days festival in Shafer Park Boonsboro September 11 and 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. features 175 participants with 35 craft demonstrations including soap making basket weaving and blacksmithing. Civil War relic displays by South Mountain Coin and Relic Hunters Association, rare books and bullets, ghosted Living Images photography, and living history demonstrations accompany traditional crafts food and music. Admission is free with shuttle bus access from Boonsboro High School and proceeds aid local non profits.
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Boonsboro
Shafer Park
South Mountain Coin and Relic Hunters Association
Boonesborough
Dennis Easterday
Ron Wolford
Smithsburg
Fasterday
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wolford
Easterday
Tennessee
David Wright
Living Images
Tim Johnson
Falling Waters
Wva
Johnson
Hagerstown Country and Western Dance Association
Washington County
Main Street
Boonesborough Days
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Battle of South Mountain re-enactment set in Boonsboro
The Boonsboro area hosts a Civil War re-enactment September 11 and 12 on Monroe Road near Md. 4, with three battles, cavalry, sutlers, artillery, and a dramatic 21 gun evening cannonade titled Fire on the Mountain. Admission is five dollars daily, children under twelve free, and events include a London House ball, a tea, and a 20 mile march by Union New Jersey Brigade to raise funds for New Jersey battle flags restoration.
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Boonsboro
South Mountain
Maryland
Monroe Road
MD. 4
Washington Monument
Washington County
Frederick
Don Munson
Alex Mooney
Louise Snodgrass
Chris Shank
Hagerstown
James Bruchey
Skip Kauffman
Bruce Poole
George Brigham
Central Maryland Heritage League
Antietam
Crampton’s Gap
Fox's Gap
Turner's Gap
London House
Urbana Pike
J.E.B. Stuart
New Jersey
Middletown
Burkitsville
Central Maryland Heritage League Inc
Russell B. Richards Jr
Manassas
Robert FE. Lee
Harpers Ferry
Army of the Potomac
Ren George B. McClellan
Lee
Sharpsburg
Antietam Creek
Cmhl Org
Battle of
Haar's Drive-In Keeps Big Sky Theaters Alive In Dillsburg
In Dillsburg Pennsylvania Haar's Drive-In remains a family operation offering 500 car capacity from dusk on Fridays Saturdays and Sundays. Elwood Haar recalls outside speaker projectors from 1983 and the theater’s nostalgia draw as carloads from Frederick and even Washington fill the lot. The drive-in features tethered speakers a 90 by 110 foot screen and a popular snack bar with fresh potatoes and noted french fries.
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Dillsburg
Frederick
US 40
MD. 180
Frederick County
Haar
Washington
Elwood Haar
Vance Haar
Elwood
George
Claribel Lecrone
Haars
PT Barnum of
Don Shipley
Falls Church
America
Mr. Shipley
Haar's
Cho
Barney
A Taste of First Night Frederick Fund-raiser
A fundraiser at the Weinberg Center from 7 to 10 p.m. September 16 features wine tasting and a silent auction to support First Night Frederick, a family oriented New Year’s Eve celebration with downtown arts, a Baker Park countdown, lights, music and fireworks. Tickets are 50 dollars with reservations via 301-668-2000 or at Blue Ridge News or Morningstar Design.
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Weinberg Center
Frederick
Baker Park
Blue Ridge News and
Howard Burns
Cornucopia/Watson's
Blue Ridge News
Morningstar Design, Inc
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