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  • Events
    • Spring Re-opening Day Celebration
    • Rural History Day - Biggs Ford
    • Everything on Wheels Transportation Show and Car Cruise In
    • RURAL HISTORY DAY - EARLY SEATING AND WORSHIP CUSTOMS
    • Spud Fest, Traditional Potato Harvest Celebration
    • Event Photos
  • Museum Hours & Admission
    • Board of Directors
  • 19th-Century Historic Village
  • Early Roads Transportation Museum
  • Farm and Home Life Museums
    • Early Road Building
  • Become a Member
    • Volunteer
  • Plan Your Visit
    • Hands on History
    • Activities
      • Potato Planting for Kids
  • Contact Us
  • New Plans for the Museum
  • Annual Newsletter
  • Admission to the Museum

SPUD FEST

August 24, 2024  10AM - 4PM
At the Washington County Ag Education Center

Field Plowing by Draft Horses - 11AM

Contests 
Lots of Great Prizes!
Children's Potato Picking Contests from 11AM - Noonish
Age Groups:
  •  2,3,4 
  • 5,6,7 
  • 8,9,10,11 

Children's Pedal Pull - follows Potato Picking Contests
Ages:  5 through 9

Registration for Potato Picking and Pedal Pull begin at 10AM.

Adults
Pick UR own Potatoes - 5 Gal. for $10 - begins after potato picking contests

Lunch
Homemade potato soup
Baked potatoes
Pie
​and more.....

Live Music
  The Knuckle Dusters. 
"America's best museum band" !
Butterfly and 4 Square Gardens -10AM - 2PM  "Learn How to Make a Bee Hotel" 
Learn how to make Potato Chips (free samples) - 10AM
Antique Tractor Parade - 2PM

Experience living history in the 1800's Rural Village.

  
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Watch the Draft Horses Plow the Potato Patch
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Racing to Find the Heaviest Potato!
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Discover the secrets growing in 19th Century Gardens
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Experience Living History in our 1800's Rural Maryland Village
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