Carroll 250 Event: Threads of History: Fiber Arts and the Maryland Story

In celebration of Maryland’s 250 anniversary, this special exhibit will explore the enduring legacy of fiber arts in Carroll County and across the state. From the earliest handwoven textiles to contemporary fiber creations, we will trace how diverse cultures have used fabric, thread, and design to tell stories, preserve traditions, and strengthen communities. Featuring the […]

21 Apr - 05 Jul

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Carroll County Arts Council

91 West Main Street, Westminster

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Carroll 250 Event: Sykesville’s Let Freedom Ring Parade

Bring the whole family and celebrate America’s birthday, Sykesville-style! Parade floats will be judged, and awards for floats will be announced after the parade. The parade should be over just in time for lunch and ice cream downtown Sykesville. The Let Freedom Ring parade will start at 10 AM that day, beginning at Sykesville Middle […]

04 Jul

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Sykesville Main Street

Sykesville, Maryland

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Carroll 250 Event: Fourth of July Celebration presented by the Carroll County Farm Museum

Join us on July 4th for Carroll’s largest fireworks display at our Fourth of July Celebration starting at 4pm with fireworks going off at sundown (approximately 9:30pm). Admission is $10 per car. There will be food, live entertainment, children’s activities and more. Admission: $10 per vehicle (CASH ONLY) — exact change preferred (cuts down on waiting […]

04 Jul

4:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Carroll county Farm Museum

500 S. Center Street, Westminster, MD 21157

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Carroll 250 Speaker Series: Midwives to the Revolution- Maryland Women in the Early American Printing Industry

This event has been rescheduled from April 11th. In an age when women’s voices were often silenced, some found power in ink and paper. Join Dr. Amy Rosenkrans as she uncovers the crucial role women played in the colonial printing industry, spotlighting Maryland trailblazers Anne Catharine Hoof Green of Annapolis and Mary Katharine Goddard of […]

06 Jul

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Eldersburg Branch CCPL Large Meeting Room

6400 Hemlock Drive, Eldersburg, MD 21784

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Ribbon Cutting: Naganna Exhibits Hall & History Learning Center & Carroll at 250 Exhibit

We hope you can join us for the ribbon cutting and opening of the Naganna Exhibits Hall & History Learning Center and rededication of the Shriver-Weybright Auditorium on Thursday, July 9 at 5 pm. At that time, we will open our new Carroll 250 exhibit, Carroll County at 250: People, Place, and the Making of […]

09 Jul

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

HSCC Campus - Shriver-Weybright Auditorium

210 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157

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History: Shaken & Stirred – Untold Stories of Revolution in Carroll County

Stop in for a drink at Covalent Spirits Westminster on July 9th at 6pm as HSCC continues History: Shaken and Stirred. Once again there will be five speakers telling three 5-minute, untold, local history stories shared with the crowd in a fun, relaxed setting. This quarter, Untold Stories of Revolution in Carroll County will be […]

09 Jul

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Covalent Spirits

118 E Main St, Westminster, MD 21157

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Carroll 250 Event: Citizen Meets Soldier Presented by Union Mills Homestead

Experience the days surrounding Lee’s Second Invasion of the North, when small towns in Carroll County — including Union Mills — saw the movement of both Union and Confederate Armies, supply wagons, stragglers, and wounded soldiers. Explore encampments, the original structures that witnessed the days around Gettysburg, and historic displays interpreting this period on the […]

18 - 19 Jul

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Union Mills Homestead

3311 Littlestown Pike, Westminster, MD 21158

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Box Lunch Talk: What the Dickens? A Look at Maryland’s Almshouses and Asylums Presented by Adrienne Smith

Join Adrienne Smith as she discusses Carroll County’s Poor Farm and Springfield Hospital Center as examples of how the State of Maryland cared for its indigent citizens. Adrienne is the curator of the Sykesville Gate House Museum which is run by the Town of Sykesville. After seven years as a middle school social studies teacher, […]

21 Jul

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

HSCC Campus - Shriver-Weybright Auditorium

210 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157

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Carroll 250 Event: History Feast Foodways Weekend

Join the Historical Society and other historic sites as we celebrate the 250th Anniversary with a foodways weekend! HSCC will kick off the weekend with a Revolution in Wine and Tales with Historian Corey Campion, Hood College, and Bernie Vogel from the JeannieBird Baking Company. Professor Campion will speak about the American Revolution as Bernie […]

24 - 27 Jul

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Multiple Locations

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Carroll 250 Event: Braddock’s Tars: The Sailors of the Braddock Expedition

A little known party of thirty-three Royal Navy sailors marched with Braddock’s army in the 1755 expedition to attack Fort Duquesne that ended as a disastrous failure on the banks of the Monongahela. In Braddock’s Tars: Common Sailors and the Braddock Expedition, Kyle Dalton will use their story as a lens to look at the larger […]

28 Jul

6:00 pm - 7:45 pm

North Carroll Branch CCPL

2255 Hanover Pike, Hampstead, MD

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Carroll 250 Speaker Series: 1876 The Centennial Celebration & America’s First World’s Fair

This talk will cover how the USA celebrated the Centennial and the significance of a World’s Fair. Local and Maryland participants in the Philadelphia Exposition (The World’s Fair) will be included and local events held to commemorate 1876 will also be highlighted. This event is being held on the HSCC campus at the Shriver-Weybright Auditorium

13 Aug

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

HSCC Campus - Shriver-Weybright Auditorium

210 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157

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Carroll 250 Event: Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration

One woman, Mary Katharine Goddard, Katy to her family and friends, risked treason by signing her full name on the Declaration of Independence along with all the male signatories. Who was she, and why was she tasked with such an important job? Author Betty Bolte will share how she came to know Katy despite the […]

15 Aug

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Eldersburg Branch CCPL Large Meeting Room

6400 Hemlock Drive, Eldersburg, MD 21784

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