Boonsboro Reflections: The Heart of Maryland

David Belasco’s successful and influential career as a theatrical producer and playwright stretched between 1884 and 1930.  A frequent visitor to Boonsboro, he wrote, directed, or produced more than 100 Broadway plays including The Heart of Maryland.  This highly...

Boonsboro Reflections: Boonsboro & World War I

American families sacrificed greatly during the two years (1917-1918) that the United States fought in “The War to End All Wars.”  Of the approximately 4.7 million men and women that served in the regular U.S. forces, National Guard and draft units, over 116,500 were...

Boonsboro Reflections: Keeping the Peace in Boonsboro

Elected sheriffs have been enforcing the law in Washington County since 1777, fifteen years before Boonsboro was founded.  Since then, 79 individuals have been elected Washington County Sheriff, confronting all manner of criminal disturbances and, until 1835, serving...

Boonsboro Reflections: Boonsboro’s Flag

Boonsboro’s flag was first unfurled in 1975.   After Mayor Edward. T. Weaver and town council endorsed the idea of creating a flag for Boonsboro, they turned to Pat Lemkuhl, a faculty member at Boonsboro High School.  She organized a flag design contest and Wayne...

Boonsboro Reflections: Boonsboro’s Post Office

Benjamin Franklin was appointed first Postmaster General by the Continental Congress in 1775 and only 26 years later, in 1801, a U.S. Post Office opened in the budding town of Boonsboro.  Patrick Conn, proprietor of the Eagle Hotel (now, Inn BoonsBoro), became our...