Antietam Historical Association

04/19/2026

The reservation deadline for the AHA Annual Meeting is Tuesday, April 21 !!! If you wish to join the fun and hear Mrs. Erin Di**le (pictured here at the old laboratory at the Maryland State Tuberculosis Sanatorium) present "Taking the Cure in the Maryland Mountains," please act now.

The event on Wednesday, April 29, is held at Fountain Head Country Club, Hagerstown, and is open to the public. The cost for the entire evening is $45 per person. The social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. and includes hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, exhibits, authors' tables, and live piano music by Sally Wolfe. A chicken dinner (or vegetarian alternative) follows at 6:30 p.m., after which Mrs. Di**le will make her presentation.

To make reservations or for more information, please call 717.762.2006 or email [email protected].

04/12/2026

Waynesboro businessman Max A. Sheeley (1919–1996; pictured here) will be the subject of the round-table discussion of this month’s “Third Thursday Biography Breakfast.” The breakfast will be held on April 16 beginning at 8:00 a.m. in Christine’s Cafe, downtown Waynesboro. The event is open to the public; but reservations are required, and each attendee must purchase breakfast from the cafe. Reservations must be made by noon on Tuesday, April 14, by email to [email protected] or by telephoning 717.762.2006.

04/07/2026

"Taking the Cure in the Maryland Mountains: Dr. Victor F. Cullen and the Maryland State Tuberculosis Hospital" will be the feature presentation at Antietam Historical Association's thirteenth Annual Meeting on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Mrs. Erin Di**le, a Maryland librarian with close personal ties to the hospital, will be the speaker.

The event is held at Fountain Head Country Club, Hagerstown, and is open to the public. Reservations are required and must be made no later than Tuesday, April 21st.

The cost of the meeting is $45 per person and includes a social hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. with hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, live piano music, and exhibits. A chicken (or vegetarian alternative) dinner will be served at 6:30, followed by the feature presentation.

For more information or to obtain a reservation coupon, please email us at [email protected] or phone 717.762.2006.

The hospital is pictured here in a 1937 aerial view.

03/05/2026

"The Tragedy of Sheriff George Swearingen" will be the topic of discussion when the Potomac Street Irregulars (PSI) meet on Tuesday, March 10, in the Parlor House restaurant, Waynesboro. PSI Jim Shockey will lead the discussion.

The event is open to the public; but reservations are required, and each attendee must purchase dinner from the restaurant and settle directly with the restaurant.

To make reservations or for more information, please call 717.762.2006 no later than noon on Sunday, March 8th.

02/15/2026

"Third Thursday Biography Breakfast" will meet at Christine's Cafe, downtown Waynesboro, on February 19, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. The event is open to the public, but reservations are required. Please make reservations with AHA (and not the restaurant) no later than noon on Tuesday, February 17th. Each attendee settles for his meal directly with the restaurant.

The subject of the round-table discussion will be Dr. Robert Bahner Brown (1894-1986; pictured here), longtime Waynesboro physician and chief burgess/mayor of the town.

12/24/2025

12/15/2025

This month's "Third Thursday Biography Breakfast" will focus on Dr. H. C. Bridgers (1885–1965), longtime Blue Ridge Summit physician and bank president. The breakfast starts at 8:00 am on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at Christine's Cafe, downtown Waynesboro. The event is open to the public, but reservations are required by calling 717.762.2006 no later than 2:00 pm on Wednesday. Attendees order from the menu and settle individually with the cafe.

Dr. Bridgers is most noted for his successful treatment of Spanish Flu patients in 1918–19. Here he is pictured in 1947 and in an earlier doctors' group photo (third from left, front row) snapped in front of Waynesboro's Hotel Anthony Wayne.

12/11/2025

Great savings on all AHA publications this Saturday, 10-1, at History House, 119 W. Main St. (opposite Cleveland avenue), Waynesboro. Prices are slashed for Christmas giving !!!

11/14/2025

Elizabeth Mumma Snively (1906-2010; pictured), who spent her long life at Waynesboro, will be the subject of “Third Thursday Biography Breakfast” on November 20, 2025. Held at Christine’s Cafe, downtown Waynesboro, the event begins at 8:00 a.m. and is open to the public. Reservations must be made with AHA no later than noon on Tuesday, November 18th. Why not attend and add your recollections of one of our local centenarians ?

11/07/2025

PSI Amy Fleagle Dennis (pictured above in 2014) returns to the podium on Tuesday, November 11, when the Potomac Street Irregulars (PSI) meet to discuss the 1906 Eyler-Miller killing. The event begins at 5:30 pm, and will be held in the private room of the Parlor House, Waynesboro. The event is open to the public, but reservations are required. To make reservations or for more information, please call 717.762.2006 no later than Sunday, November 9.