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Sharpsburg turns 250 this July!!

July 7, 2013 Come celebrate as Sharpsburg commemorates the 250th anniversary of the town's founding.

The town of Sharpsburg and the Sharpsburg Historical Society will mark the July founding of the town with ceremony and events including a wreath laying at the Chapline family burial plot in Mountain View Cemetery, an ice cream social and a band concert by the Rohrersville Band, whose founder G.W. McCoy was from Sharpsburg.

We are having a raffle to benefit the Society with dozens of donated items in the pool. Tickets are available at several locations around town: Captain Bender's Tavern, Nutter's Ice Cream, Dave Peter's office, and the Sharpsburg Pharmacy. Tickets are $5 or three for $10. Each donation is worth at least $20.

There will be a silent auction for a special birdhouse built to commemorate the 250th.

Larger images are here: Image 1, Image 2, and Image 3.

For information about the anniversary commemoration, please call 301.992.9767. Tentative schedule of events.

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The Headquarters of the Sharpsburg Historical Society is now open every Wednesday from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. It is located in the Sharpsburg Town Hall which is upstairs from the library on the town square.

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There is a Facebook page for the Sharpsburg District Historical Society.

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ABOUT SHARPSBURG

Sharpsburg was already an old colonial frontier town when the Union and Confederate Armies converged here in 1862 to fight the bloodiest day's battle of the Civil War. Founded right after the French and Indian War, Sharpsburg served local farmers into the 20th Century with tradesmen and with access to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

It has evolved into a modern bedroom community, still a small town, with many of its Federalist-era log homes intact and protected by siding and brick. Prosperous farmers and craftsmen of the mid-1800’s still have descendents here, bearing their family names.

The Sharpsburg Historical Society is devoted to researching, preserving and celebrating the history of Sharpsburg, Maryland. We hope to reach anyone who has an interest in this old town, including the other descendents of those farmers and craftsmen who have migrated far from here. This site is a place to share some of what we have found.

We are a very small group, so we would welcome your help in events and projects, and in sharing historical information. Please visit our pages to learn about our activities and how to join, and to see what we have found in our research so far.