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Culture & Cocktails

Quench your thirst for knowledge with the Washington County Historical Society! Culture & Cocktails is an innovative lecture series created by the WCHS that pairs a love of history with an historically inspired cocktail. Cheers!

Events in this collection

  • Culture & Cocktails: 18th Century Crime and Punishment primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: 18th Century Crime and Punishment

    Friday • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: Samuel Ringgold Jr. Washington County's Forgotten Hero primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Samuel Ringgold Jr. Washington County's Forgotten Hero

    Fri, Apr 11 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: The C&O Canal in Washington County primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: The C&O Canal in Washington County

    Fri, May 9 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: Halfway African American Cemetery primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Halfway African American Cemetery

    Fri, Aug 8 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: A Local Family's Experience of the Battle of Antietam primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: A Local Family's Experience of the Battle of Antietam

    Fri, Sep 12 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: Archaeology of Western Maryland primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Archaeology of Western Maryland

    Fri, Nov 14 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: The Forgotten War, Korea 1950-1953 primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: The Forgotten War, Korea 1950-1953

    Fri, Dec 12 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: Tolson’s Chapel and Freedmen’s Bureau School primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Tolson’s Chapel and Freedmen’s Bureau School

    Fri, Feb 14 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: The Legend of Wise's Well, A South Mountain Mystery primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: The Legend of Wise's Well, A South Mountain Mystery

    Fri, Jan 10 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: Adam Hildebrand  Stocks His Store primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Adam Hildebrand Stocks His Store

    Fri, Dec 13 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails:      Native American Sites of Washington County, MD primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Native American Sites of Washington County, MD

    Fri, Nov 8 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: “A Tiny Piece of Sky”  and Beck's Tavern primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: “A Tiny Piece of Sky” and Beck's Tavern

    Fri, Oct 11 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: Horse Thieves of Washington County primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Horse Thieves of Washington County

    Fri, Sep 13 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: The Historic  Saylor House primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: The Historic Saylor House

    Fri, Aug 9 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: The Battle of  Falling Waters primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: The Battle of Falling Waters

    Fri, Jul 12 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: Historical Distilling Practices primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Historical Distilling Practices

    Fri, Jun 14 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: Past, Present, Future: Get to Know Your Art Museum primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Past, Present, Future: Get to Know Your Art Museum

    Fri, May 10 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: Frontier Forts Around Fort Frederick primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Frontier Forts Around Fort Frederick

    Fri, Apr 12 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: 18th-Century Surgery  and Medicine primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: 18th-Century Surgery and Medicine

    Fri, Mar 8 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: History of  Fort Ritchie primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: History of Fort Ritchie

    Fri, Feb 9 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: Archaeology of the Jonathan Street Cabin primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Archaeology of the Jonathan Street Cabin

    Fri, Jan 12 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: George Swearingen: Husband, Sheriff, Murderer primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: George Swearingen: Husband, Sheriff, Murderer

    Fri, Dec 8 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: 18th-Century Holiday Decorating primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: 18th-Century Holiday Decorating

    Fri, Nov 10 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: Artifacts of Black History from the WCHS Collection primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Artifacts of Black History from the WCHS Collection

    Fri, Oct 13 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: Remembering Clara Barton primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Remembering Clara Barton

    Fri, Sep 8 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: Historic Schoolhouses in Washington County primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: Historic Schoolhouses in Washington County

    Fri, Aug 11 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: The Restoration of the Ackerman-Pell Family Tall Case primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: The Restoration of the Ackerman-Pell Family Tall Case

    Fri, Jul 14 • 6:00 PM

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  • Culture & Cocktails: An Evaluation of U. S. Grant’s Generalship primary image

    Culture & Cocktails: An Evaluation of U. S. Grant’s Generalship

    Fri, Jun 9 • 6:00 PM

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Organizer of Culture & Cocktails
Founded in 1911, the Washington County Historical Society has played a significant role in preserving historic sites, artifacts and archival records for Washington County, Maryland. Located in downtown Hagerstown, the Miller House serves as the home of the historical society, thekinshipFamily Heritage Research Center, and the Miller House Museum. The museum gives visitors a taste of life in the 1850s and exhibits showcase important events in Washington County history.