LANDMARKS PLAQUES
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2024
FCLF Annual Meeting and Election
Wednesday, November 20
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Downtown Community Room, Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
15 West Church Street, Frederick, Maryland
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We warmly invite you to join us for a delightful gathering of members, friends, docents, and volunteers.
The key speaker for the evening will be Mardelle Poffenberger, chair of the FCLF Barnstormers Committee. She will be presenting on the history and future of this important yearly fundraiser. This will provide an insider’s perspective whether you regularly attend Barnstormers as a visitor or docent or have not had the good fortune to join us on the day.
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We will also hear from the incoming president, Johannes Gross, of our affiliated organization, the Frederick Sister Cities Association.
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Election of officers will be held following the presentations. Light refreshments will be served. Donations are always appreciated.
We look forward to seeing you and sharing the wonderful work done by our members and volunteers during our 52nd year!
Museums by Candlelight - 2 locations!
Saturday December 14, 2024
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Schifferstadt Architectural Museum, downtown Frederick
Time TBA
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Zion Church and Cemetery, Urbana
Time TBA
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FREE
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Enjoy free arts and crafts for kids, holiday drinks and snacks, and take a tour of Frederick's oldest house, a National Historic Landmark, and the Sugarloaf Mountain area's first church consecrated in1802.
Museums by Candlelight is an annual event held simultaneously at various historic sites and museums around Frederick County each December and is sponsored by the Frederick Historic Sites Consortium.
PAST EVENTS of 2024
“The Johnson Family and Zion”
Please join us for our inaugural Zion Church and Cemetery History Speaker Series
with Amanda Venable Kramer & Kari Saavedra, Rose Hill Manor Park and Museums
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Saturday, March 30, 2024
11:00 a.m.
at Zion Church and Cemetery (a property of Frederick County Landmarks Foundation)
8998 Urbana Church Rd, just off Route 270 in Urbana.
FREE and open to all.
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Program Partners: Rose Hill Manor and FCPL Maryland Room
Recommended parking: Urbana Park and Ride North Lot
Please note that Zion does not have bathroom facilities.
Schifferstadt Museum opens for the season!
Schifferstadt Architectural Museum, 1110 Rosemont Avenue, Frederick, MD 21701
Starting April 6, 2024
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Schifferstadt Architectural Museum will open for tours Saturdays and Sundays from 2pm to 5pm. Check here to plan your visit.
Photo by Sabine Styles
“The Mount Olivet Stoners: How To Clean Tombstones”
Zion Church and Cemetery History Speaker Series
with Susan Cooper, Friends of Mount Olivet
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Join us to learn more about Mount Olivet’s volunteer tombstone cleaning program as we begin to plan how to keep Zion’s own graves neat and tidy.
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Saturday, April 20, 2024
2:00 p.m.
at Zion Church and Cemetery (a property of Frederick County Landmarks Foundation)
8998 Urbana Church Rd, just off Route 270 in Urbana.
FREE and open to all.
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Program Partners: Friends of Mount Olivet and FCPL Maryland Room
Recommended parking: Urbana Park and Ride North Lot
* Please note that Zion does not have bathroom facilities.
Frühlingsfest with maypole dancing at Schifferstadt
Schifferstadt Architectural Museum, 1110 Rosemont Avenue, Frederick, MD 21701
Saturday, May 4, 2024
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Free (House tours $5)
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The Museum is reviving an old tradition, called Spring Fest in English, or Frühlingsfest in German! Dance the maypoles, enjoy Colonial children's games, have your face painted, and join us for house tours. Frederick Sister Cities Association will be selling brats and German pastries.
"The People and Events of Zion Church: 1802 - Today"
Zion Church and Cemetery History Speaker Series
with Bonnie Leins, Walkersville Society & Former FCLF Intern
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Join us and hear from the FCLF expert on the history of Zion! Bonnie has spent many years researching the Urbana area.
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Saturday, May 19, 2024
2:00 p.m.
at Zion Church and Cemetery (a property of Frederick County Landmarks Foundation)
8998 Urbana Church Rd, just off Route 270 in Urbana.
FREE and open to all.
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Program Partners: Walkersville Historical Society and FCPL Maryland Room
Recommended parking: Urbana Park and Ride North Lot
* Please note that Zion does not have bathroom facilities.
Painting by Peter Plant
17th Annual Barnstormers Tour and Plein Air Paint Out
Presented by Frederick County Landmarks Foundation
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Saturday, June 8, 2024
“The Barns of Jefferson"
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Barn Tours 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Art Show and Sale, Music, Food 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Food trucks will be available at the host site from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
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Visit eight unique barns on farms around the Jefferson area.
Rain or Shine.
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All tickets $20. Ages 12 and under are free.
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Online ticket sales have ended.
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This popular self-guided tour showcases Frederick County's agricultural heritage and the architecture of historic barns. Barn docents will greet ticket holders at each barn location to share information and answer questions. Visitors will observe plein air artists painting the beautiful scenery around the barns, and demonstrators will be showing farm life skills and tools.
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From 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m., tour goers are invited to the host site, which will be identified in the ticket booklet, for a judged art show and art sale. Music will entertain our visitors as they enjoy the art display and food trucks. From 12 noon -5 p.m., food trucks will be serving up delicious fare at the host site.
Independence Day at Schifferstadt
Schifferstadt Architectural Museum, 1110 Rosemont Avenue, Frederick, MD 21701
July 4, 2024
House Tours: 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Outdoor activities: 2:00pm - 8:00pm
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Step back in time to the era that spawned the war for independence. See the 1758 home of Elias Brunner, a pioneer settler who helped track violations of the trade embargo with Britain and whose descendants fought in Washington’s army. The family that escaped political oppression in the Old World was not about to accept it in their New World.
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Colonial era games for all ages, food and drink. House tours, of course.
"A Last Roll of the Dice: The Third Confederate Invasion - 1864"
Zion Church and Cemetery History Speaker Series
with Matt Borders, Park Ranger, Monocacy National Battlefield
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Sunday, July 28, 2024
2:00 p.m.
at Zion Church and Cemetery (a property of Frederick County Landmarks Foundation)
8998 Urbana Church Rd, just off Route 270 in Urbana.
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FREE and open to all.
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Program Partners: Monocacy National Battlefield and FCPL Maryland Room
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Recommended parking: Urbana Park and Ride North Lot
* Please note that Zion does not have bathroom facilities.
Schifferstadt Architectural Museum, 1110 Rosemont Avenue, Frederick, MD 21701
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Sunday, October 20, 2024
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Rain or shine! Free entry. Join us for our most popular event, an important fundraiser for the operation of our organization and upkeep of Schifferstadt. Come enjoy great food and drink, lively German music, historic demonstrators, tours of the museum, and hand-made products from many arts & crafts vendors. Our biggest event of the year!
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CLICK HERE FOR FULL EVENT INFO!
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Interested in volunteering? Contact volunteer@fredericklandmarks.org!