Bob O’Connor, Speaker on August 22nd

On August 22nd, author and historian, Bob O’Connor will speak at the Boonsboro Free Library at 5:30pm. His program, called “Boonsboro Environs”, will feature portions of several of his books with connections to Boonsboro, MD. For example:- “The...

Boonsboro Reflections: The Heck Brothers

Boonsboro must have been a chaotic community in September 1862. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia had just invaded the north, occupying Frederick and advancing to take Harper’s Ferry. But George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac pursued him from the east and, on...

Pass It On – Edgar Green – Civil War

Stories from Edgar Green (born in 1912) related to the Civil War, as recorded by his daughter Luana Green Goodwin. Civil War Ed reflected: “I’m sorry I didn’t ask my grandfathers more about the Civil War because both remembered it well. They told me how farmers would...