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  • Union Mills’ Industrial Heritage

    Union Mills’ Industrial Heritage

    Union Mills celebrates its 225th anniversary in 2022, a good opportunity to reflect on the site's rich industrial history. Founded…

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    Corn Roast 2021:  50th Year Celebration

    Corn Roast 2021: 50th Year Celebration

    The Old-Fashioned Corn Roast Festival, an annual tradition at the Union Mills Homestead, returned this year after the 2020 event…

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    Remembering George M. Shriver, III

    Remembering George M. Shriver, III

    (Photo above: George M. Shriver, III volunteering at the 1981 Flower & Plant Market at the Union Mills Homestead.) The…

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    Tannery Investigation Continues

    Tannery Investigation Continues

    (Image Above: The Tannery Bark Shed and Drying Shed at the Union Mills Homestead) Most visitors to Union Mills know…

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    Union Mills Homestead’s Executive Director Retires

    Union Mills Homestead’s Executive Director Retires

    Jane S. Sewell, the long-time Executive Director of the Union Mills Homestead Foundation, Inc., retires effective February 1, 2021. Jane…

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    Evolving Christmas Traditions in Union Mills

    Evolving Christmas Traditions in Union Mills

    A Christmas Eve poem written in 1886 has been brought to life by a video that highlights some of the…

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    Microbrewery Festival Also A COVID Loss

    Microbrewery Festival Also A COVID Loss

    The Maryland Microbrewery Festival, held each September at the Union Mills Homestead, will not be held in 2020 due to…

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    COVID-19 Forces Corn Roast Cancellation

    COVID-19 Forces Corn Roast Cancellation

    The Union Mills Homestead Foundation and the Silver Run-Union Mills Lions Club were preparing this year for the 50th Annual…

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    Route 97/Littlestown Pike – Route of Historic Turnpike

    Route 97/Littlestown Pike – Route of Historic Turnpike

    (Photo above: Stone Arch Bridge over Big Pipe Creek in Union Mills, circa 1890. The bridge was built 1807-08 and…

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    Union Mills Homestead Re-opened

    The Union Mills Homestead is now reopened after our COVID-19 closure.  The site is open to tour Fridays, Saturdays and…

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    Coronavirus: Reminder of 1918 Flu Epidemic in Union Mills

    Coronavirus: Reminder of 1918 Flu Epidemic in Union Mills

    With the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 forcing cancellation of the Union Mills Homestead’s Flower and Plant Market for the first…

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    COVID-19 Update

    April, 2020 Dear Members and Friends, So much has changed in the past month because of  COVID-19, and I know…

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