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Freetown illustrates principles of self-sufficiency and cooperation. Schools were built here with support from the Rosenwald Fund, land and labor donated by the community, and efforts of the Freetown Community Association.

The historic Newcomer House, the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area Visitor Center features suggested visitor experiences at Antietam and throughout mid-Maryland.

Founded in 2021, the Antietam Institute is a member-based educational and philanthropic 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to study, collect, publish and teach about the Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862.

The Oxford Museum preserves and celebrates the town of Oxford’s rich history and its continuing role in the life of the region. By documenting and sharing what makes the community such a unique place to live, work or visit.

Built in the late 1700s, this is one of very few original frontier plantation homes remaining in Western Maryland.

A brick Tidewater Colonial plantation house that sits on 430 acres on Billingsley Point, overlooking the confluence of the Patuxent River and the Western Branch.

One of the oldest communities on the East Coast. Existed first as an Indian settlement of Potopaco, then as major seaport in the 17th century.

Due to its demijohn shape, a persistent rumor holds that a real jug of whiskey was buried inside this historic stone monument from the original Jug Bridge.

The Billie Holiday Statue on Pennsylvania Avenue commemorates the life and legacy of “Lady Day” who was born as Eleanora Fagan in Baltimore on April 7, 1915. Artist James Earl Reid was commissioned to create the statue in 1977, but it was not fully finished until 2009. The monument's 20,000-pound solid granite base is inscribed with text and sculptural panels inspired by one of Holliday’s most famous performances, the haunting anti-lynching song “Strange Fruit."