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Preserving more than 225 years of history in Boonsboro, Maryland.

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Visit the sites of Boonsboro. Go on our mobile walking tour – get the app.

Bowman House, log home headquarters of the Boonsboro Historical Society

Bowman House – Society HQ

Historical demonstrations – open the 4th Sunday of each month from 2-4:30pm (April – Oct).

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Washington Monument

The first monument erected to George Washington’s honor, built by the citizens of Boonsboro on July 4, 1827. 

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Boonsborough Museum of History

Boonsborough Museum of History

Unique collection of historical objects of local and national importance. Open Sundays 1-4pm May – Jan. 

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BHS News

Battle of Falling Waters 1863 Book by George Franks

Explore Overlooked Civil War History: The Battle Of Falling Waters

Come and hear about 1863 Battle of Falling Waters, an event that was overlooked and unknown for years, until George Franks starting researching it. The battle happened two miles south of Williamsport and is the site of the last Confederate defenses of their Potomac...
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2024 Boonesborough Days Vendor List Now Available

See all the returning and new handmade craft and artisan vendors we’ll have for the annual Boonesborough Days festival, September 7 and 8, 2024. Plus food too!

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Bowman House, log home headquarters of the Boonsboro Historical Society

Bowman House Open – FREE Historical Tour and Demonstration

Mark your calendar! The Bowman House is open April through October on the 4th Sunday of each month between 2pm and 4:30pm.

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Book Cover - The Perfect Steel Trap, Harpers Ferry 1859

Bob O’Connor, Speaker on August 22nd

Author and historian Bob O’Connor will speak at the Boonsboro Free Library on “Boonsboro Environs”, featuring…

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Boonesborough Days

Our arts and crafts festival, held the first weekend after Labor Day annually since 1971.

Boonesborough Days by the creek at Shafer Park

2-day family-friendly festival from 9am to 5pm in Shafer Park, Boonsboro, MD.  Funnel cakes, lemonade, BBQ and lots more.

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Ankrum's Woodcrafts

More than 160 vendors with 100% handmade pieces.  Vendor applications available in February.

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Vendor List & Map

History: Pass It On

Boonsboro is brimming with history.  Take a look at the photos, documents and recorded memories we’ve gathered about historical events and growing up in our town.

Historical Documents
Oral Histories
Bob Swain, born in 1926

Pass It On Bob Swain

Charles Robert Swain, born May 23, 1926, remembers the principal at Boonsboro High School, his mother’s restaurant on Main Street, and service during the Battle of the Bulge….

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Jim Bowers, WWII

Pass It On Jim Bowers WWII

James Lee Bowers, born 1926, was sent directly to the front lines just after Christmas 1944. He landed in Liverpool, England. With freezing water halfway up their legs, they crossed the English Channel and got off near LeHavre, France. Carrying a 90 pound pack on his 123 pound frame, he scrambled up the hill toward Camp Lucky Strike….

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Douglas Garns Bast

Doug Bast Boonsboro Historian

Douglas Garns Bast is a local legend.  Born to a...
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Pass It On Photos

Pick a gallery below!

Businesses
Churches
Events
People of Boonsboro
Schools
Street Scenes
Shafer Park
Washington Monument

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