Saturday, October 4, 2025
9:00 AM – Noon
Exploration Commons
50 East Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157

The Fall History Expo provides an opportunity for attendees to get to know the people in our community who are preserving and telling the stories of Carroll County's past. The morning event provides a great opportunity for students who are beginning work on their 2026 National History Day projects!

Presentations include:

From Memories to History: Documenting Family Legacies, presented by Diane Boettcher at 9:30 AM
On the Hunt for History: Geocaching in Carroll County, presented by Emily Huebner at 10:30 AM
Presentation of Celebrating America Summer Adventure awards at 11:30 AM

Exhibitors include:

Carroll County Farm Museum
Carroll County Farm Museum Hoff Barn
Carroll County Genealogical Society
Digital Maryland
The Historical Museum of the Westminster Fire Department
Historical Society of Carroll County
Historical Society of Mount Airy, MD, Inc.
MD Two Fifty Commission
Taneytown History Museum
The Thomas S. Gordon Family Collection
The Union Mills Homestead Foundation
Westminster Historic DistrictCommission

To learn more about Celebrating America, please view our brochure.

• Barn Quilt Tour
• Carroll County Department of Tourism
• Carroll County Chamber of Commerce
• Carroll County Government
• Carroll County Farm Museum
• Carroll County Genealogical Society
• Carroll County Public Library
• Carroll County Public Schools
• Carroll County Recreation and Parks
• Carroll Technology and Innovation Council
• Former Students and Friends of Robert Moton High School
• Historic Westminster Cemetery
• The Historical Museum of the Westminster Fire Department

• Historical Society of Carroll County
• Historical Society of Mount Airy, MD, Inc.
• Jerome L. Day Post 48 – 29th Division Association
• McDaniel College Archives and Special Collections
• New Windsor Heritage Museum
• Pipe Creek Civil War Round Table
• The Strawbridge Shrine
• Taneytown Heritage and Museum Association, Inc.
• Union Mills Homestead
• Western Maryland Railway Historical Society
• Westminster Historic District Commission
• WTTR

• Friday, October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM, Taneytown Heritage and Museum
• Friday, November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM, Eldersburg Branch of Carroll County Public Library, followed by tour of Sykesville Gatehouse Museum
• Friday, December 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM, Former Students and Friends of Robert Moton High School, 300 S. Center St., Westminster
• Friday, January 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM, McDaniel College, Hoover Library
• Friday, February 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM, Manchester Historical Center Museum
• Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM, History Expo at Winters Mill High School
• Friday, March 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM, Carroll County Public Library, Mt. Airy Branch of Carroll County Public Library, followed by a tour of the Historical Society of Mt. Airy
• Friday, April 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM, Strawbridge Shrine
• Friday, May 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM, Historical Society of Carroll County
• Friday, June 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM, Carroll County Farm Museum

For information about upcoming meetings of the Celebrating America Carroll County partners, please contact the program's co-chair, Joe Thompson.

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