Pass It On Bob Swain

Charles Robert Swain was born May 23, 1926 on what was then called Church Street, now Potomac Street, in Boonsboro, MD.   His family lived in a few houses around town, including next to the old schoolhouse on Potomac Street until he was a teenager at which time they...

Pass It On Jim Bowers WWII

April 19, 2018 – James Lee Bowers (also known as “Bill”) was born May 30, 1926 at home in Yarrowsburg, Maryland, just down the road from Boonsboro.  He lived there until 1966 when he moved to S. Main Street in Boonsboro, where lived until his death...

Doug Bast Boonsboro Historian

Scroll Down to Listen to the Interview Excerpts Douglas Garns Bast is a local legend.  Born to a locally significant family, Doug has lived in Boonsboro all his life and has been collecting and documenting its history since he was a boy. He is an expert on the history...

Pass It On Sara (Zimmerman) Sweeney

Scroll down to listen to interview excerpts Sara Ann (Zimmerman) Sweeney of Boonsboro was born March 3, 1941 to Jean Smith (Shank) and Alfred Cook Zimmerman.  At the time, her family lived at 27 N. Main Street (next to Pete’s Barbershop) in a home owned by Dr....

Janice Gantz – 95 years Growing Up in Boonsboro

Scroll Down to Listen to the Interview Excerpts We interviewed Janice Gantz in 2018 at age 95 in her kitchen at 202 Potomac Street. Her neice, Karen (Snyder) Cunningham who calls her by her nickname “Peck”, sat with us during the interview, helping to...

Pass It On – Eleanor Lakin Retired Architect

Eleanor Virginia Lakin was born in July 3, 1937 in Boonsboro. She grew up at 331 S. Main Street. Her Lakin ancestors came to this region in the 17th century, settling in Jefferson, Maryland. Her great-grandfather, Abraham Lakin, owned a dental practice in the 1850s at...