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Featured Events
December 5, 2023 History Conversations: Montgomery County, Then and Now: A Conversation on Recreating the Historical Photographs of Lewis Reed
with Jeanne Gartner, Barry Gartner, and Sarah HedlundJoin the creators of Montgomery History’s upcoming online exhibit, “Montgomery County, Then and Now: Photography of Lewis Reed and Barry Gartner” as they […]
December 11, 2023 History Conversations REWIND: Offutt’s Crossroads: The Early History of Potomac and its Founding Family
with Ralph Buglass This talk and slide presentation from May of 2022 covers the “first family” of Potomac: the Offutts for whom Potomac was originally named (Offutt’s Crossroads). The talk, by […]