Montgomery County, Maryland

where

"You don't have to go away to get away"

Montgomery County, Maryland is minutes from our nation’s capital but in a matter of minutes you can travel back in time.  Come visit our Montgomery County Heritage Areas. See rolling farmland steeped in history. Drive down our rustic rural roads. See landscapes that look much as they did in colonial times.  Eighteenth-century plantation homes, horse farms, weathered barns and much more are waiting to be discovered by you.

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Montgomery County’s Agricultural Reserve Driving Tour
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Download this podcast to your iPod and take a tour of Montgomery County's famous Agricultural Reserve. Historic images, coupled with contemporary shots, allow you to stand in the landscape today and imagine life long ago.  Broken into five chapters, this 61-mile scenic tour drives along many of this county’s rural and rustic roads, which lead to historic crossroads communities and along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.  Civil War activity figures prominently in many of the chapters.
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To watch a streaming video version from the internet click here.

Click here for the Montgomery Rural Heritage Byway Tour brochure.

 

 

 

 

Mini Grants

FY09 Grant applications are available. Call 301-515-0753 or email Director@HeritageMontgomery.org to request the packet.

Montgomery County to award grants to local organizations.

Last year's receipients were announced at a reception attended by county dignitaries.

Above are County Executive Isiah Leggett, guest Phylis Pentecost, HM Executive Director    Peggy Erickson and Senator Rob Garagiola

Congratulations to all 11 organizations who received a total of almost $20,000 from Heritage Montgomery.

 

 

Montgomery County's 11th. Annual Heritage Days weekend was a great success. 42 sites had opened their doors free to the public for tours and family oriented activities. We hope you were able to visit many of them.

Many are open year round so you don't have to wait till next year.

 

 

 

Read the recent edition of our newsletter the Heritage Report to find out what we have been doing this past year.

 

 

 

Our MAP and GUIDE  created in conjuction with Montgomery County Parks Department lists all local Hertiage Area sites as well as parks.

Pick one up at any of the Regional Parks.

 

 

Montgomery County Barns

Poster and note cards

Winner of Montgomery Preservation Inc.'s 2006 Outstanding Local Preservation Media Program Award

Available for sale: Brochures, posters, and note-cards.

Call 301-515-0753 to order

 

Photographs from the Memorable Montgomery Barns Exhibit are available for sale.

 

 

 

Check this website for further updates.