Tourism Council of Frederick County

April 30 & May 1

Children’s old-fashioned toys and games, hands-on crafts, blacksmith at the forge and manor house tours. Also farm exhibits, hayrides, animals, food, crafts, and music. Saturday morning tractor pull and Sunday kiddie pedal tractor pull. Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 12-4pm

The Children's Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park
1611 North Market Street
Frederick, MD 21701

(301) 600-1650
Website

April 30 & May 1

The Pry House Field Hospital Museum at Antietam National Battlefield opens its 2011 season as one of the stops on the Washington County, MD Historic Sites Ramble. The PHFHM consists of an exhibit on the development of the Union Army's field hospital system, under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Letterman, just before the Battle of Antietam. 11am-5pm

Pry House Field Hospital and General McClellan's Headquarters
18906 Shepherdstown Pike
Antietam National Battlefield
Keedysville, MD 21754

(301) 416-2395
Website

April 30 - May 1

Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard's 3rd Annual Bud Break Festival, April 30 and May 1, noon until 6 pm each day. Come celebrate the buds breaking out from the grapevines after a winter of hibernation. Admission includes complimentary wine glass, tastings of selected wines, live music, food vendors, tours of the vineyard and winery, children's activities. noon-6pm

Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard
18125 Comus Road
Dickerson, MD 20842

(301) 605-0130
Website

April 30 & May 1

DEBATE: UNION OR DISUNION! As the fabric of the nation was torn asunder, Marylanders would have to decide whether or not to secede. Come and hear legislators debate, then decide for yourself the fate of the state! Sponsored by Monocacy National Battlefield. 11am and 3:30pm

City Hall
101 N Court Street
Frederick, MD 21701

(301) 600-4042
Website

April 30 - May 1

Hay rides, food, drink, ice cream, kids games, tours, calf feeding. Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 11am-5pm

South Mountain Creamery
8305 Bolivar Road
Middletown, MD 21769

(301) 371-8565
Website

May 1

Interactive family activities recall the burning of the Courthouse on May 8, 1861. See the "Old Lady" hand pumper that helped to extinguish the fire, meet a 19th century Independent Hose man, and at 3pm join the bucket brigade in a recreation of the extinguishing of the courthouse blaze. Sponsored by the Frederick County Fire and Rescue Museum. 1-5pm

Courthouse Square
101 N Court Street
Frederick, MD 21701

(301) 600-4042
Website

May 1

Frederick’s own City Carillonneur, John Widmann, plays Bach, Handel, de Fesch, van den Gheyn and other Baroque masters on the Joseph Dill Baker Carillon. 3pm

Baker Park
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Frederick, MD 21701

(240) 397-3585
Website

May 1

Service: Worship in the Manner of 1861. 10:30am

Evangelical Reformed UCC
11 W Church Street
Frederick, MD 21701

(301) 600-4042
Website

May 1

The MVHS owns and operates an historic stone house, summer kitchen, and carriage house/barn on a large plot of land in the historic town of Middletown, Maryland. The Society also operates a small museum on site, including a collection of artifacts, documents, photos, etc. related to the Town's history. The Museum in the Stone House is open the First Sunday of every month from May - September from 1-5pm.

Middletown Valley Historical Society
305 West Main Street
Middletown, MD 21769

(301) 371-6410