Monocacy Junction News Today

There were three Frederick County residents present at the 1865 event that would become the basis for the federal holiday Juneteenth, according to Avery Lentz, interpretation park ranger at Monocacy

As Juneteenth National Independence Day approaches, the National Park Service is marking this holiday at national parks across the Washington, D.C., area.

The Army of the Potomac left the Sharpsburg, Md., area devastated and disease ridden.