Carroll 250 Event

July 2026

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

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! We hope you can join us for a Revolution in Wine and Tales hosted by Bernie Vogel on Friday, July 24th at 6pm. We are bringing HSCC’s popular wine and food event to the Society’s campus in […]
24 - 27 Jul
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Multiple Locations

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
August 2026

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

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
September 2026

Carroll 250 Event: Sykesville Defender’s Day

The Town of Sykesville is named after James Sykes, a local businessman and Old Defender during the War of 1812. On this state holiday, learn about current and past defenders of our nation alongside service members, re-enactors, history displays, weapons demonstrations, music and kids activities in Sykesville’s Millard Cooper Park.
12 Sep
Millard Cooper Park
7282 Cooper Drive, Sykesville, Maryland 21784
October 2026

Carroll 250 Speaker Series: October 19, 1774 – The Annapolis Tea Party (The Burning of the Brig Peggy Stewart)

The Burning of the Peggy Stewart was one of most pivotal Maryland events that spurred our state closer to the American Revolution. Hear how Mordecai Gist, elder brother of famed Carroll County community leader Colonel Joshua Gist, headed a contingent from Baltimore City to demand the ill-fated cargo of tea on the Peggy Stewart be […]
26 Oct
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Exploration Commons
50 East Main Street Westminster, MD 21157 United States
December 2026

Carroll 250 Event: Liberty & Legacy Ball Presented by New Windsor Heritage

Step back in time for an elegant evening of history, music, dancing, and holiday celebration honoring 250 years of the American story! Experience historic dancing with live instructions, beer & wine available for purchase, and light hors d’oeuvres. A professional photographer will be on site to capture the evening. Guests are encouraged to come dressed […]
12 Dec
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
St. Paul's UCC
17 Bond Street, Westminster, MD
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