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Blue Mash and Black History
Blue Mash and Black History
By Dennis Melby
You know, they tell us this is Black History Month – but every month should be black history month, and Red History Month, and Asian, and Hispanic, and White, and on and on. We’re a great American experiment, and all our achievers are remembered and honored.
I don’t know if you know but right here, in Gaithersburg and Laytonsville, close by, many of our Republican founders like Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass - even Josiah Henson, walked these grounds. Blue Mash was a stop on the underground railroad (that’s how they pronounced the swampland of the blue marsh). The Quakers in Sandy Spring were an integral part of the effort. Before the Republican Party was founded to abolish slavery, counter the Democrats and strive for equality some folks right here in Montgomery County were fighting for it, they won and we honor them.
I’m proud to be a Marylander, I’m proud to be an American, and I’m super proud to be a Republican!
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Dennis Melby is the Vice Chairman of the Montgomery County Maryland Republican Party and can be reached at [email protected]
Potomac Honors Jane Leeson
Potomac Honors Jane Leeson
By Karin Walker
Today it is my great honor and privilege to recognize one of our most exceptional members. This person is a die-hard PWRC member, a GOP Patriot and a genuine treasure. We owe her an enormous debt of gratitude!
Mid County Muster
Mid-County Muster