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38th Annual Old-Fashioned Corn Roast Festival
(see photos of this year's event, below)

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Silver Run-Union Mills Lions Club and The Union Mills
Homestead's Annual

CORN ROAST FESTIVAL
Saturday, August 2, 2008
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Rain or shine

Meal ticket buys: a serving of fried chicken, applesauce,
sliced tomatoes, roll and butter, iced tea or lemonade and
 

ALL THE ROASTED CORN THAT YOU CAN EAT!!
(corn roasted in the husk served at your table)

Also, throughout the day The Standard Delivery Jazz
Combo will be performing. The Artist Guild of Carroll
County will be displaying and selling their art on the
lawn of the Homestead.
Guided tours of the Shriver
Homestead and Grist Mill, Gift Shop, Blacksmith Shop,
Vendors, Stoneground flours from the Mill, Free Parking
and Free admission to the grounds

The Union Mills Homestead is located on Rt. 97, 7 miles
north of Westminster, Md. For more information,
call
410-848-2288
 


Pictures from the 2008 event
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The Homestead and Mill

Corn: The Main Attraction

Piling up the trays

Serving

Eating

Lots of eating

Shaved ice

Entertainment by Standard Delivery

George and James Shriver

A traditional pose on the porch

Getting ready for a tour

Nancy Householder leads a tour on the Jefferson balcony

View from the balcony

Porch behind Bessie's kitchen

Gardens in the rear of the homestead

Crossing the mill race

Enjoying the beautiful gardens

Can you find the frog?

Civil War encampment

Encampment by the
8th VA Infantry Regiment Company K

Civil War Blacksmith

Miller, Ivan Lufriu, prepares to engage the gears

The gears go round and round

and the flour comes out here

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