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usually closed on holiday weekends
and dates of membership meetings. Contact Us: 410-673-7538
Particularly for out of town researchers,
the Research Center can be visited by office@prestonbethesdaumc.org
special request. Email us at usgsmd@

yahoo.com.The Research Center will be
open the following dates: August 5, 12,
19, 26; September 16, 23, 30; October
14, 21, 28; November 04, 18; December Local
02, 09. Membership meetings are held at Peaches
1 p.m. the second Saturday of January, Ice Cream
March, May, September and November.
Locations may vary, but will be posted Baked
on the website at usgsmd.org and our Goods

official Facebook group (https://www. 21st Annual

facebook.com/groups/usgsmd) prior
to meetings. Upcoming membership
meeting dates are September 9; Scrapple PEACH
November 11.
Sandwiches
The Rural Life Museum, 16 N.
2nd Street, Denton, will be open on Soft Crab FESTIVAL
Saturdays, August 5, 12 and 26, from Sandwiches
11 AM-4 PM. The Rural Life Museum

houses WWI and WWII exhibits, an SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
intact sharecropper’s cabin, various ship 9 AM - 2 PM
models from shipbuilders in Caroline
and on the Eastern Shore, memorabilia Preston Fire Hall
from FDR’s visit to Denton in 1938, a Crafters
wedding cake and wedding dress worn and 3680 Choptank Road
by a WWII war bride, among many Vendors Preston, MD
other historical exhibits. Entrance
to the museum is through the Annie
Taylor house, built by a merchant in
1819. A docent will be on hand. Free
to the public. www.carolinehistory.org
410-479-2055.
Preston Historical Society Museum, Benefits Bethesda United Methodist Church
located at 167 Main Street, Preston,
is open 10 AM to 2 PM. No fee for
applesauce, biscuit, oj, coffee. Cost is Rick Schwab at 410-991-8225, or email
admission. For more information visit
$8. Local delivery available. One free mscakel1@aol.com.
www.prestonhistoricalsociety.com or
breakfast to anyone who attended the SECOND SATURDAYS
call 410-924-9080.
original school or day care. Contact:
Giving Grace Food Pantry held at
Men, join us for “Men Praying 410-754-6011 or 410-924-0552. Goldsboro Fire Co., 700 Old Line
Together” at 8:30 AM every Saturday.
Ridgely’s 1892 Train Station will be Road, Goldsboro. Food available from
Come fellowship with other believers
open the 1st Saturday of the month 7 AM until. For more information, call
and be strengthened and inspired.
through September between 10 AM 302-270-1948. Sponsored by Trinity
Calvary Baptist Church, 1120 Market
and 1 PM; August 5 and September United Methodist Church, Goldsboro.
Street, Denton. Contact: 410-924-6404.
2. The Ridgely Historical Society will
donaldwreynolds@comcast.net https:// The 1809 Exeter House (Old Denton
guide you through the history of the
calvarybaptistchurchofdenton.org/ Road, Federalsburg) will be open for
Town that persevered. Learn how the
FIRST SATURDAYS heart of Ridgely continued to beat and tours on the second Saturday of each
Community Civic League Breakfast, build a town that became known as month, from 10 AM to 2 PM. Admission
is free, but donations are welcome.
3439 Laurel Grove Road, Federalsburg. the Strawberry Capital of the World!
Every first Saturday, 7-10:30 AM. For more information or to schedule Eternal Life Ministries will have Fish
Scrapple, sausage, eggs, potatoes, a personal tour, contact Cathy and Dinners available from 11 AM until
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