Working Together for a Brighter, Fairer Future




About Washington County, MD.

  • a fort built in 1756 for use during the French and Indian War,
  • a city founded by a German immigrant in 1762,
  • a battlefield strewn with 23,000 dead and wounded soldiers in 1862,
  • a highway, a canal, and later a railroad that helped to open up the frontier and further westward expansion.