Memorial Day 2024

Ranger programs on the history and importance of Memorial Day will begin at 2pm. Monocacy National Battlefield will also observe the National Moment of Remembrance at 3pm.

Memorial Day programing will occur at the Monocacy National Battlefield Visitors Center: 5201 Urbana Pike, Frederick, MD 21704

Sharpshooters at Best Farm

Sharpshooting on Best Farm – Union and Confederate skirmishers used the landscape and the buildings of Best Farm to their advantage as they dueled on July 9, 1864. Rangers and volunteers will provide demonstrations of the skirmish drill, as well as tours of the Best Far......More

Sharpshooting on Best Farm – Union and Confederate skirmishers used the landscape and the buildings of Best Farm to their advantage as they dueled on July 9, 1864. Rangers and volunteers will provide demonstrations of the skirmish drill, as well as tours of the Best Farm.

Sharpshooters at Best Farm is at Tour Stop #1, Best Farm: 5106 Urbana Pike Frederick, MD 21704

Sharpshooters at Best Farm

Sharpshooting on Best Farm – Union and Confederate skirmishers used the landscape and the buildings of Best Farm to their advantage as they dueled on July 9, 1864. Rangers and volunteers will provide demonstrations of the skirmish drill, as well as tours of the Best Far......More

Sharpshooting on Best Farm – Union and Confederate skirmishers used the landscape and the buildings of Best Farm to their advantage as they dueled on July 9, 1864. Rangers and volunteers will provide demonstrations of the skirmish drill, as well as tours of the Best Farm.

Sharpshooters at Best Farm is at Tour Stop #1, Best Farm:5106 Urbana PikeFrederick, MD 21704

Juneteenth Program

On June 15 at 1pm, Monocacy National Battlefield will host a talk on the history of Emancipation through the United States Military. This talk will look at African American participation in the United States military from its origins up through desegregation in 1948. Th......More

On June 15 at 1pm, Monocacy National Battlefield will host a talk on the history of Emancipation through the United States Military. This talk will look at African American participation in the United States military from its origins up through desegregation in 1948. The talk will take place at the Monocacy National Battlefield Visitors Center.

The talk will take place under the interpretation tent at the Monocacy National Battlefield Visitors Center: 5201 Urbana PikeFrederick, MD 21704

Juneteenth Programing

On June 19 at 11:30am Monocacy National Battlefield will host a guided, 1.5-hour, 1-mile hike starting at Tour Stop 1, the Best Farm. This program will follow the journey of freedom for those who were enslaved on the farms that make up Monocacy National Battlefield. Lea......More

On June 19 at 11:30am Monocacy National Battlefield will host a guided, 1.5-hour, 1-mile hike starting at Tour Stop 1, the Best Farm. This program will follow the journey of freedom for those who were enslaved on the farms that make up Monocacy National Battlefield. Learn about those who found freedom through escape, court rulings, and the ratification of Maryland’s constitution in 1864, as well as those who gained their freedom by enlisting in the United States military with the US Colored Troops.

The Juneteenth Hike will begin at the Best Farm, Tour Stop #1:5106 Urbana PikeFrederick, MD 21704