Montgomery County in Our War for Independence

250 years ago, we took up arms against our mother country in order to form a new nation. Also that year, at the first meeting of the new Maryland legislature, Dr. Thomas Wootton was elected Speaker of the House and proposed that lower Frederick County become a separate county named for the slain hero, General Richard Montgomery.

Who were our local heroes? Who fought for our freedom? Who governed our little county and who protected it during the war? What privations were inflicted on those at home?

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