This Week at Button Farm

Farm hours: Saturday, June 26 Noon-3:00pm
FREE Button Farm Almanac (Guided Tour): 1:00pm - 2:00pm
16820 Black Rock Road, Germantown, MD 20874

See our Calendar of events  to purchase your parking pass and reservation for this and other upcoming adventures at Button Farm!

This is the final opportunity to participate in the FREE (with parking pass purchase) Button Farm Almanac -- a guided tour of our living history center, led by historian and Menare founder, Tony Cohen.

Guests will be guided on this behind-the-scenes tour of the farm, its history and environs.

Discover how we create immersive experiences on forty acres of Maryland farmland and how we interpret the story of slavery and the Underground Railroad.

This is the final FREE tour with paid parking reservations (a $10 per person value).

Juneteenth is Now a Federal Holiday

On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill establishing Juneteenth, the date commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, as a federal holiday.

The holiday legislation passed with overwhelming support in both chambers of Congress. 

Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of the last enslaved African Americans. On that day in 1865, Union soldiers led by Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in the coastal city of Galveston, Texas, to deliver General Order No. 3, officially ending slavery in the state.

(Source: CNBC: Biden signs Juneteenth bill, creating new federal holiday commemorating end of slavery in U.S.)

Good Dirt Podcast
Juneteenth Edition - Anthony Cohen

Farm Happenings in July

• Beginning July 10 our new volunteer hours for Student SSL, individuals, families and small groups will be 10am-12pm on Saturdays.
   
• Special corporate and group team-building projects available weekdays by appointment only. For more information send inquiries to menarevolunteer@gmail.com.