The Monocacy National Battlefield Foundation is honored to sponsor Dr. Paula Reed as our guide and speaker for the final program in our First Saturday Hike series of 2023. Dr. Reed is a well-regarded professional Historic Preservation Consultant and Architectural/Cultural Historian. She will share insights from her own research on the architecture of the Historic […]
Join the Monocacy National Battlefield Foundation as we sponsor National Park Ranger, Ryan Quint, for our first “First Saturday Hike” of the year at the Jug Bridge Monument Park here in Frederick on March 2, 2024 from 11-12 and 2-3. Ranger Quint will speak about the two sides who fought for the bridge in the […]
9am Worthington / Thomas Farm Hikes 11am Infantry Demonstration at Thomas Farm 12pm Artillery Demonstration at Visitors Center 1pm Fort Stevens Talk at Visitors Center 2pm Infantry Demonstration at Thomas Farm 3pm Artillery Demonstration at Visitors Center 4pm Best Farm to 14th New Jersey Monument Hike
The American Battlefield Trust's 28th annual Park Day event on April 6, 2024, is one way that you can help to sustain our public lands. This all-volunteer event allows you to participate with the staff of the Monocacy National Battlefield and the board members of the Monocacy National Battlefield Foundation in cleanup projects around the […]
In honor of Juneteenth, Dr. Emilie Amt will be our special guest speaker. Dr. Amt is an award-winning writer on the African American history of western Maryland whose most recent book is Black Antietam: African Americans and the Civil War in Sharpsburg. In this talk, she will explore the Civil War experiences of African Americans, […]
The Monocacy National Battlefield Foundation (MNBF) is pleased to sponsor a historical bus tour of the battles that saved Washington of 1864 as a prelude to the 160th Anniversaries of the Battle of Monocacy (July 9, 1864) and the Battle of Fort Stevens (July 10-11, 1864). Our tour guides are: Ranger Matthew Borders of the […]
The first day in a three-day lineup of events for the commemoration of the 160th anniversary of the Battle starts Friday with a list of activities to choose from throughout the day. Start with a guided tour of the Monocacy National Battlefield. Two ranger-led caravan tours will begin at 10 AM and 1:30 PM from […]
The second day in a three-day lineup of events for the commemoration of the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Monocay continues on Saturday with an expanded list of activities to choose from throughout the day. There will be a Civil War medical field hospital throughout the event at the visitor center with continuous programming. […]
The third day in a three-day lineup of events for the commemoration of the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Monocay concludes on Sunday with an expanded list of activities to choose from throughout the day. There will be a Civil War medical field hospital throughout the event at the visitor center with continuous programming. […]
The sound and fury of the artillery will shake the ground of Monocacy National Battlefield with cannon fire demonstrations. Different types of cannons will be fired throughout the day at 11am, 1pm and 3pm at the Monocacy National Battlefield Visitors Center. You can experience the acoustic and the concussive differences at the point of firing […]